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Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride

Alistair McGuinness

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Is it possible to cycle 1,000 miles across Britain in thirteen days and still find the time to slow down and enjoy the ride? Twenty years after riding from Land?s End to John O?Groats Alistair set out with his friends to repeat the adventure and quickly discovered that times have changed. Bike computers have replaced maps and thousands of cycle paths now criss-cross Britain. It didn?t help that he now lives in Australia and spends more time on a paddle board than two wheels. With little training and a borrowed bike, he set off from Land?s End, wide eyed at being back in England. Determined to enjoy every moment, he soon began deviating from the plan.

With many miles to cover, along cycle remote tracks, these distractions came at a price and something had to break.

Would it be the bike, the friendships or Alistair?s free spirit? Along the way he survived heatstroke in Devon, went in search of a lady called Daphne and braved wild storms in Glasgow. After a swim in Loch Ness he found time to enjoy a beer in one of the remotest pubs in Scotland. Everyone who cycles from Land?s End to John O?Groats has a story to tell. This is Alistair?s.

Pages: 258

Format: Kindle Edition

Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride

Alistair McGuinness

0/5 ( ratings)

Is it possible to cycle 1,000 miles across Britain in thirteen days and still find the time to slow down and enjoy the ride? Twenty years after riding from Land?s End to John O?Groats Alistair set out with his friends to repeat the adventure and quickly discovered that times have changed. Bike computers have replaced maps and thousands of cycle paths now criss-cross Britain. It didn?t help that he now lives in Australia and spends more time on a paddle board than two wheels. With little training and a borrowed bike, he set off from Land?s End, wide eyed at being back in England. Determined to enjoy every moment, he soon began deviating from the plan.

With many miles to cover, along cycle remote tracks, these distractions came at a price and something had to break.

Would it be the bike, the friendships or Alistair?s free spirit? Along the way he survived heatstroke in Devon, went in search of a lady called Daphne and braved wild storms in Glasgow. After a swim in Loch Ness he found time to enjoy a beer in one of the remotest pubs in Scotland. Everyone who cycles from Land?s End to John O?Groats has a story to tell. This is Alistair?s.

Pages: 258

Format: Kindle Edition

More books from Alistair McGuinness

Turn Left at Gretna Green: A box set of End to End, and Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride

Half a World Away: Surviving the Move to a Land Down Under (Book 2)

Halfway Round the Bend: Amazon to the Andes

End to End: John O'Groats, Broken Spokes and a Dog called Gretna

Wild about Africa: Sleepwalking on Kilimanjaro and Running from Lions

Postcards from South America: A Pig in a Taxi, Cotopaxi and Two Sticks of Dynamite

End to End: John O'Groats, Broken Spokes and a Dog called Gretna

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