Slow Coast Home
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0751531642 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 505 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beginning in Portsmouth, Josie sets off in a clockwise direction after a Shetland grandmother warns her that she'll end up meeting the devil if she travels anti-clockwise. But is all as it seems? Who is the mysterious builder who appears at all the wrong moments? Who are the two-wheeled taggers-on lurking in her wake? What did she find at Puckpool Point, Bozomzeal and Woon Gumpus? And how did Josie so badly miscalculate her approach to the seafront at Newhaven that she landed in France?. Through rain, hail, floods, bitter temperatures, minor earthquakes and dusty drought, Josie pedals on, eventually returning to Land's End to complete Stage One of her remarkably lengthy odyssey along 5,000 miles of seaside, estuaries, creeks and islands. And she discovers that her homeland can be as surprising and full of incident as anywhere she has ever been. In her latest book, she sets off
Josie has cycled 280,000 miles across 43 countries, some by accident. . WIND IN MY WHEELS was shortlisted for the 1992 Travel Writer of the Year Award. The survivor of 5 continents, several wonky knees & a handful of worn-out bottom brackets, she is still firmly fixed in the saddle
Dew excels at recreating and evoking the quaint and sometimes bizarre idiosyncratic behaviour and events she encounters- Adventure TravelJosie Dew needs little introductionher writing is chattery and matter of factCycling Plus