A Bike Ride

by Mustoe, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780863696503
• ISBN10: 0863696503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Virgin Pub

Summary

When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job, bought a bike and took to the road, she couldn't even mend a puncture. 12, 000 miles and 15 months later, she was home. Her epic solo journey took her around the world, through Europe, India, the Far East and the United States. From Thessaloniki to Uttar Pradesh, from Chumphon to Singapore, she faced downpours, blizzards and blistering desert, political turmoil, kidnappers and amorous waiters - alternated with great kindness from strangers along the way. Told with humour, keen observation and supreme relish for every chance encounter, this is the unique and inspiring story of one woman's journey of personal discovery.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xiii
List of illustrations	ix
List of maps	xi
Breaking Loose	1	(8)
Watling Street	9	(5)
Across France to the Mountains	14	(19)
The Roads to Rome	33	(18)
The Appian Way	51	(13)
Into Greece	64	(10)
In Pursuit of Alexander	74	(9)
Aegean Turkey	83	(16)
The Royal Road and the Cilician Gates	99	(26)
The Indus Valley	125	(28)
The North West Frontier	153	(11)
The Imperial Road	164	(20)
The Grand Trunk Road	184	(24)
Interlude in Thailand	208	(16)
Highway One, Malaysia	224	(18)
The California Trail	242	(18)
The Oregon Trail	260	(14)
The Cumberland Pike	274	(12)
Watling Street Again	286