Bibliograph

My brother's bicycle, from Enfield to Athens: two journeys forty years apart, Les Stanley

Type

Label

My brother's bicycle, from Enfield to Athens: two journeys forty years apart, Les Stanley

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My brother's bicycle

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Les Stanley

Sub title

from Enfield to Athens: two journeys forty years apart

Summary

This book describes a journey of contemplation and misadventure as I re-live a bicycle trip I first embarked on as a fresh faced 20-year-old. It was more than 40 years ago, that I originally mounted the tandem and headed south with a guy I had met at Liverpool Street station a few days earlier. Rod Stewart was still on his third marriage. The channel tunnel was just a dream and only a few years had passed since Man first walked on the Moon. For the re-run I was better prepared, or so I thought. An electric bike as opposed to a clunky old tandem with barely functioning gears, and, as you'll read in the book, limited braking capabilities. A GPS to guide me and help find accommodation. I even had a helmet and a trendy cycling shirt. I'd drawn the line at padded lycra shorts though. A far cry from the T-shirt, cut-off Levis, tattered maps and soggy campsites of my previous ride. And, this time my wife was coming with me, not some guy called Alan from Enfield whom I had met through an ad in Time Out magazine. What could possibly go wrong?

Target audience

adult

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