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“Inspired by Olympic athletes, secondary school teacher & naive touring cyclist Andrew Sykes set off on a trans-continental cycling adventure from his home in southern England along pilgrimage route to Rome & beyond. A comical tale recounting the highs & lows of six weeks in the saddle, for cyclists and non-cyclists alike!”
In 2013, I will be cycling along the Eurovelo 8 from Athens to Cadiz, Spain and you will find more information about the route and my plans by visiting the Eurovelo 8 section of the website.
In 2009, to see if long-distance cycling was for me, I cycled the Pennine Cycleway – route 68 of the National Cycle Network – from Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English-Scottish border to Derby in the English Midlands. Find out about that particular adventure by visiting the Pennine Cycleway pages of the site.
Thanks for visiting and if you have any comments or questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch either via the ‘comment’ buttons under each post or via email. My contact details are in the top right-hand corner of this page.
As you are looking around the site, click play below, leave this window open and listen to my BBC interview recorded at the end of August 2011. Enjoy!
Andrew
Hello Andrew,
Would you be interested in doing a audiobook with you as the reader, because some of us don’t have the time to read the book but would like to listen on the go or while I am cycling
Hi Dan
Thanks for the suggestion; perhaps one day… I did spend a few moments in the pub debating who would make a good person to read the audio book of Good Vibrations. I fear Stephen Fry or John Hurt may be a little out of my price range. Should such a project ever come to fruition, you may have to put up with my northern vowels in your ears I’m afraid. I’ll keep you updated
In the meantime, enjoy the peace.
Cheers
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
I would love to hear your ‘northern vowels’, I am in fact from Yorkshire myself, so it would be like music to my ears!!
Keep me posted and good luck with any future rides
Thanks a lot,
Dan
Hello Andrew,
Thanks for the follow. You’re precisely the kind of person I want to hook up with. Great site. Can I post your BBC interview on my blog?
Stefan
thebikegypsy.com
Hi there!
Thanks for passing by and for your nice comments. I’d be delighted if you post the interview to your website; I’ll check it out!
Cheers
Andrew
Great…! thanx
Hi Andrew – Just wondered if you might give my brother’s endeavour a mention? He’s doing the London – Paris ride this summer, to raise money for the Big Issue/homelessness, in time for his 60th birthday. Please see this link to find out a bit more!
Thanks!
http://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/2012/04/pegasus-pedals.html
I am looking to do twelve day trip in July. I’m looking at route 4 or route 5. My problem is getting maps which provide enough detail to do the planning. The guide books, as listed on Amazon are not recommended because they are just general euroean maps. Any pointers or suggestions?
Hi Martin
I suppose my advice for the Eurovelo 5 would be to buy a copy of my book! You may also be interested in the route that ‘Thunderthighs’ has created on Bikely by reading my book and recording where I cycled. The links are on the Eurovelo 5 pages of this website http://cyclingeurope.org/eurovelo-5-2010-2/the-route/ He / she hasn’t yet completed the route, not sure if they will. As for route 4, have a look at the links on the Eurovelo 4 section of the site: http://cyclingeurope.org/the-other-eurovelos/eurovelo-4/ .
Good luck with your trip!
Cheers
Andrew
Hi Andrew
Just seen this page and will be buying your book. Could you answer i question i dont think will be in your book.
My wife and i would like to cycle the route from rome to brindisi or the other way round. I have a boardman road bike 700×23 tyres and my wife has a carrera mountain bike ( halfords ). Do you think these would be suitable for that part of the route or do i need to think touring bikes. thanks rob
hi andrew, myself and my friends are planning to go from london to rome this summer following our successful cycle from dover to lands end last year. i was wondering if you could perhaps give me a run down on the essential details of the route and trip as a whole? e.g accurate distance, any problems you found, overall cost, how you got home, how you trained etc..
any help would be greatly appreciated
many thanks
stuart ewen
Hi Stuart
Thanks for the comment. I’ll also send this comment to you by email as this homepage doesn’t seem to be functionning this morning for some reason
The easiest way to answer all of your questions is for me to say ‘read the book!’. If you do so, most of your questions wil be answered. There is an overview map included in the book which shows the towns where I stopped overnight and at the start of each chapter there are a couple of summary statistics stating how many kilometres I cycled and the number of hours it took me to do so for each cyling day. You’ll also find out about my preparations, problems etc… Obviously the following section of the website also includes much information which will be hopefully of use; http://cyclingeurope.org/eurovelo-5-2010-2/ .
If, after having read the book, you want any clarifications, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Best wishes & good luck with the planning & training!
Best wishes
Andrew
Sorry; just ticking the boxes I did not tick earlier