cycling travelogue

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Frederick Alderson

England By Bicycle

1974

A description of a circumnavigation completed in the Spring of 1973 that while old fashioned in its scheme is surprisingly undated

William C Anderson

The Great Bicycle Expedition

1973

The light-hearted account of a journey made by a new-to-cycling couple in their fifties and their young adult children from Copenhagen to Calais in the summer of 1972

Mark Beaumont

The Man Who Cycled The World

2009

An engaging account of a record breaking circumnavigation of the globe covering 18,297 miles in 194 days during 2007 - 2008

Mike Carden

The Full English

2007

An eighteen-day ride from Dorset to Northumbria undertaken in 2006, entertainingly recounted with a sense of humour that will appeal to some, but is sufficiently deft that those who don't enjoy bike-and-rider dialogues should not be put off

Tim Dawson

Cycling Across Spain

1998

Article about a seven day trans-Iberian ride, first published in Cycling Plus

Josie Dew

The Wind In My Wheels

1992

An account of journeys made in the late 1980s including most of Europe, the UK, Ireland, North Africa, Canada, India and Romania

Pryor Dodge

The Bicycle

1996

A lavishly illustrated history of bicycles

Mary Elsy

Pedals And Petticoats

2005

Four young women cycle through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain in the summer of 1950 - enjoyably recounted, fifty years later

Polly Evans

Its Not About The Tapas

2003

An enjoyable account of a solo bicycle journey made around parts of Spain made (probably) in 2002. It would serve as a good primer to Spain but also have something for those who know the country well

Tom Fremantle

Johnny Ginger's Last Ride

2000

A surprisingly enjoyable and insightful account of a twenty-something journalist's solo ride from the UK to Australia in 1996

Ian Hibell

Into The Remote Places

1984

An episodic account of cycle journeys made in the early 1970s across the Darien gap, south through Africa (including the Sahara) and west-east across South America from Lima to Recife in Brazil

Elizabeth Hilton

By Bike To Budapes

1996

A ride from Denmark to Budapest undertaken by a family of six - the four children being aged from around 10 to 16 during the summer of 1994. The ride was more of a success than the book - although it would provide a useful primer for anyone planning a long ride with children

Tom Kevill-Davies

The Hungry Cyclist

2009

A ride in 2006-7 from New York, across the US, then through Mexico, Central and South America to Rio in search of culinary delights, entertainingly, sometimes gruesomely, recounted

Paul Lamarra

The Ultimate Scottish Cycling Book

2003

An area-by-area guide to cycle touring in Scotland, based on a tour made in 2002, including extensive ‘how to’ information

Alan McCulloch

Trial By Tandem

1951

A nicely observed account of an artistic Austrialian couples tour through France and Italy a couple of years after the second world war

Eric Newby

Round Ireland in Low Gear

1987

Two inexperienced cyclists take to Ireland's roads in the mid-1980s and squeeze juice from a tired concept by dint of the author's writerly talents

Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell

A Canterbury Pilgrimage

1885

An illustrated account of a ride on an early tandem tricycle journey made by an American couple whose cycling travelogues did much to make wheeled touring respectable in Victorian Britain

Bernard Magnouloux

Travels With Rosinante

1988


A compelling account of a five-year, minimal-budget, round-the-world cycle journey starting in 1980. The author took in: Europe; the length of Africa, travelling south; the length of south America, travelling north; the USA travelling east though the southern states and then crossing to California; China to Nepal and some major excursions in India and Pakistan

Christian Miller

Daisy, Daisy

1980

A mother of adult children defies her progeny to cycle access the United States on a Bickerton in the late 1970s

Dervla Murphy

Full Tilt – Ireland To India With a Bicycle

1965

An account of a cycle journey made in the first half of 1963 covering precisely the journey described in the title, by an Irish woman in her early 30s. Most of the book concentrates on the portion of her ride that took her through Afghanistan and Pakistan where she made some truly remarkable rides, including cycling the length of the Khyber Pass and a hair-raising journey through the Babusar Pass

Anne Mustoe

A Bike Ride

1991

The author gives up her job as headmistress of a girls boarding schools and spends 1987 and 1988 cycling around the world. Following the route of Alexander the Great, this rewarding travelogue is steeped in her enthusiasm for the classics

Nick Sanders

The Great Bike Ride

1988

An enjoyable and surprisingly undated account of a 13,000 mile round-the-world ride, over 80 days, ridden at a record-breaking average of 170 miles a day, undertaken in 1985

Natasha Scott-Stokes

The Amber Trail

1993

A ride from Gdansk to Thessaloniki in 1992, initially intended to recreate the ancient route on which amber was transported, but better for its descriptions of some of eastern Europe shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall

Thomas Stevens

Around The World On A Bicycle

1885

An account of the first globe-encircling cycle ride that is so lively and fresh that its vintage is quickly forgotten

Anne Vardy

Twelve Wheels From Turkey

1988

Vardy, her husband and five pre-teen children cycle from Istanbul back to Blighty in the spring and summer of 1987, in a journey partially propelled by the family's ever-visible Christian faith

Jim Willis

Journey Home

2000

The interior monologue of a Church minister on a ride from Florida to Massachusetts that starts promisingly but is waylaid by a more personal psycho-drama

Albert Winstanley

The Golden Wheels of Albert Winstanley

1985

A delicious collection of articles, mainly describing day rides in north Lancashire and the Lake District