Atlantic rower Sam Williams, says he took the same approach to the fanfare he received when he arrived in America as when he was rowing across the Atlantic Ocean: "One day at a time."

It took Mr Williams, 24, of Doctors Hill, Ashley, near Box, 75 days, 4 hours and 47 minutes to cross from the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean.

But it took the American media only 48 hours to pick up the story of his Atlantic voyage.

Mr Williams appeared on Good Morning America on ABC and the day time chat show, the Ellen DeGeneres show on NBC. On the Ellen DeGeneres show he shared the set with England and LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham but did not meet the England legend.

He said: "I was in the next dressing room to David but our paths did not cross. We were both in our dressing rooms at the time. But I did meet Jaime Pressley who is in My Name is Earl which was cool.

The culture shock was massive as well. One moment I was in the middle of the ocean then two days later I was in the middle of Times Square."

On his voyage Sam said he did not think about the end and that songs from The Rolling Stones and words of encouragement from celebrity traveller Michael Palin kept him going.

He said: "If you kept thinking about the end then it was hard but I took it one day at a time. The weather was the biggest problem. I got blown off course, I was getting blown too far south. Three weeks in there was a massive storm and I just locked myself away for the evening and prayed that I would survive.

"My iPod kept me company and The Rolling Stones double album "Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones" was a good album to have because I rowed to the lengths of albums and it being a double album meant I would row for two and a half hours straight.

"Michael Palin left me a message on my satellite phone which was cool and gave me encouragement and he is also a patron of the charity FARM-Africa which I am raising money for."

Mr Williams is relieved to be home but is looking for a new challenge. "I have not got anything planned because I am trying to do the stuff with FARM-Africa and reach the £20,000 I am trying to raise."

Mr Williams is also studying for a law degree from the Open University, he said: "At the moment I have a sore bum and very sore calves along with not very nice hands. I have an exam in two weeks time which I should really be revising for because ultimately I would like to become a barrister."