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    Two Wheels Over Catalonia: Cycling the Back Roads of North-eastern Spain

    By Richard Guise

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    About this ebook

    Sixteen years after first moving to Catalonia, travel writer, Richard Guise, finally finds time to slow down and explore the back roads by bicycle With more than 250 miles of sparkling Mediterranean shoreline and an interior view dominated by the Pyrenees, it's a spectacular cycling journey from wind-blown headlands to the glitzy coasts, and from bustling Barcelona to remote hillsides where only wild goats grazing and chirruping cicadas disturb the tranquility. Dipping into the unique history of this fiercely independent nation-within-a-nation, the author uncovers many of its cultural peculiarities, such as what to do in a "bugaderia." Chancing upon nudist beaches, ancient Iberian sites, and revolutionary road-sweepers, this slow cyclist revels in authentic Catalonia.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9780857652898
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    Two Wheels Over Catalonia: Cycling the Back Roads of North-eastern Spain
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    Richard Guise

    Richard Guise is based in Quorn, Leicestershire and spends part of the year in Girona, Spain. He has self-published three books: Neddytown, Lead Us Not into Trent Station and The Limerick Gazetteer of Europe.

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    • 4/5
      As books go this is the type of book that buys you a drink and sits down to watch the sunset with you. it is not particularly challenging, just a satisfying summer read.

      Guise has lived in Catalonia for a number of years but has not explored much of it. He decides to take follow the coast by bike, riding 40 or 50 kilometres a day. Throughout his trip he writes with wit and humour about the people the places, and the history of the fiercely independent region.

      An enjoyable read, and combines some of my favourite genres, travel and cycling.