A MOM went around the world in 50 days to become the first person to play the bagpipes on all seven continents — and she is not even Scottish.

    Irene Robinson, 57, set out alone on the 50,000-mile (80,467-km) trip even after the Guinness Book of Records warned they would not recognize it as a new feat.

    Kilt-clad Robinson began her musical marathon in the United States by playing in an empty concert hall in New York and a former prison cell on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

    Then Robinson went to South America gave a bagpipe blast at the foot of the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Next she braved knee-knocking temperatures of -10 Celsius degree to pipe in front of penguins in Antarctica.

    The mom-of-three then headed to the top of the 629-foot (191-meter) Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand before rocking up at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

    Stunned passers-by in Asia saw Robinson pitch up at the world’s busiest road crossing in Shibuya, Japan, and in Hong Kong.

    Then she performed at a township in Soweto, South Africa, in front of children who had never before heard the bagpipes.

    Irene completed her £15,000 (US$20,942) journey in Moscow where she serenaded crowds outside the Kremlin in Red Square.

    The police forensic nurse, from Poole, Dorset, said Friday, “The whole experience has been amazing.

    “When I played in Antarctica I tried not to think too much about the cold and just got on with it.

    “It is a beautiful place. It was just completely silent until I started playing.

    “Apart from the piping all you could hear was the sound of the rumbling icebergs in the background — I have never experienced anything like that.

    “Every single location I have played at has been a highlight, though, and everyone I have met has been fantastic.

    “I just want to show people you can do whatever you want if you have a positive attitude and set your heart on it.”

    English-born Robinson has played the bagpipes since the aged of 13 when she was inspired by a pipe band at a zoo.

    She performed the same three songs at each location — “Scotland the Brave,” traditional folk song “The Rowan Tree” and the “Marine Corps Hymn.”

    Robinson raised £5,000 for three charities during the trip and will be back at work today.

    (SD-Agencies)