Andrew Bowie

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  • Does the idea of a cycle touring musical belong strictly in La La Land?

    Does the idea of a cycle touring musical belong strictly in La La Land?

    Hollywood is in love with musicals again and, if La La Land is anything to go by, song and dance movies could be showing at a cinema near you for some time to come. It’s easy to understand why. In an increasingly troubled and turbulent world, escaping for a few hours into a simpler and…

  • Cycling with a donkey in the Cévennes

    In this extract from her blog, Catherine Pringle describes her tandem ride through the Cévennes. This blog post doesn’t appear in the final version of Peloton of Two, but it hints at an important decision that lies ahead for her in the story. The post title borrows from Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Travels with a…

  • Paperback edition of Peloton of Two

    The paperback edition of Peloton of Two has now been published and will soon be available to order. Just wanted to share this with you.

  • My favourite travel books

    My favourite travel books

    This is a list of my favourite travel books. There are many more and I’ll add them over time. And there’s a small degree of crossover with my list of cycle touring books.

  • Books about cycle touring

    This is my own list of books about cycle touring. They’ve been particularly helpful for researching holidays in the past, particularly in the 1990s when libraries were the main source for holiday research. An I refered to a number of them when researching the route for Peloton of Two.

  • The surest way to know if you love someone

    The surest way to know if you love someone or hate them is to travel with them. If you really want to know what someone’s like, there’s no better way to find out than to go on a journey with them. Preferably a long, slow journey, one that requires you to work together to reach…