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What would happen if you were cycling to the office and just kept on pedalling? Mike Carter needed a change. Fed up with a Britain rife with crime and sliding into economic downturn, he set off one day with the sea on is right for a non-stop trip round the edge of the British Isles by push bike a distant equivalent to cycling from London to India. To his surprise he discovered a country of calm and beauty and a people with a friendly and giving nature. Camping or relying on the hospitality of strangers, Mike met an array of brilliant characters and experienced innumerable random acts of kindness. He encountered drunken priests and drag queens, gnome sanctuaries and hippy communities, fellow travellers and people building for a different type of future. He also found a spirit of unbelievable kindness, generosity and hope that convinced him that Britain was anything but broken. During the five month journey, cycling the byways of the nation, he became happy.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780091940553
eBay Product ID (ePID)102659093
Product Key Features
Book TitleOne Man and His Bike
AuthorMike Carter
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTravel Writing
Publication Year2011
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMike Carter
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom