Slow Coast Home: A 5000-Mile Journey Around the Shores of England and Wales

5,000 miles around the shores of England and Wales

Author: Josie Dew

Slow Coast Home: A 5000-Mile Journey Around the Shores of England and Wales

* The popular cyclist, Josie Dew, cycles the perimeter of England and Wales and shares her unique and entertaining perspective of the Coast and its people in the perpetual adventure of her life on wheels.

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Summary

The popular cyclist, Josie Dew, cycles the perimeter of England and Wales and shares her unique and entertaining perspective of the Coast and its people in the perpetual adventure of her life on wheels.

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. 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.

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

Critic Reviews

“Josie Dew needs little introduction...her writing is chattery and matter of fact”

Dew excels at recreating and evoking the quaint and sometimes bizarre idiosyncratic behaviour and events she encounters - - Adventure Travel

- Cycling Plus

About the Author

Josie has cycled 280,000 miles across 43 countries, some by accident. The survivor of 5 continents, several wonky knees & a handful of worn-out bottom brackets, she is still firmly fixed in the saddle. WIND IN MY WHEELS was shortlisted for the 1992 Travel Writer of the Year Award.

More on this Book

Josie Dew's love of cycling has taken her across the world, travelling everywhere from Japan and Mexico to Iceland, India and Algeria. In her latest book, she sets off on another quirky and riotous ride, choosing to circumnavigate the coastline of the British Isles. And she discovers that her homeland can be as surprising and full of incident as anywhere she has ever been.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. 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. 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