Le Grand Tour on a Bike Called Wanda

The fourth book, Le Grand Tour on a Bike Called Wanda, was published in May 2024 and recounts Andrew P. Sykes’ journey around France, into the Alps and down the Rhine in the summer of 2022. It is available as a paperback and as and eBook from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com (and other international Amazon sites). The paperback is also available from Waterstones or Foyles and the eBook from Apple iBooks.

Secondary school teacher and inveterate would-be adventurer Andrew P. Sykes is back in the saddle. This time, however, it doesn’t belong to his long-term sidekick Reggie. There’s a fresh-faced kid on the block and she’s a bike called Wanda. (Nothing fishy about that!)

The new double act set off on a grand tour of Europe to explore some of the continent’s most iconic cycling routes and locations: the Vélomaritime, the Avenue Verte to Paris, the Véloscénie to Mont-Saint-Michel, the Vélodyssée, the Canal de la Garonne, the Canal du Midi, the ViaRhôna, the Furka Pass and the Rhine are all on the itinerary of this light-hearted loop from the Hook of Holland… to the Hook of Holland.

Join Andrew and Wanda as they put their best foot and only front wheel forward in a hot, dusty but at times very damp quest to delve into the lives, landscapes, history and culture of some of our nearest continental cousins and the countries they call home.

[Warning: This adventure also contains trains.]

Signed copies are available here:

Le Grand Tour on a Bike Called Wanda (signed copy)

£15.00

Previous Books

The first book, Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie, was published in 2011 and recounts his trip from southern England to southern Italy in the summer of 2010. It is available as a paperback and as and eBook from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com (and other international Amazon sites), Apple iBooks, Kobo and Waterstone’s. (ISBN: 978-1-84914-213-7)

The second book, Along The Med on a Bike Called Reggie, was published in 2014 and details the author’s two-wheeled adventure from southern Greece to southern Portugal in the summer of 2013. It is similarly available as a paperback and as and eBook from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com (and other international Amazon sites), Apple iBooks, Kobo and Waterstone’s. (ISBN: 978-1-84914-505-3)

The third book, Spain to Norway on a Bike Called Reggie is the story of a journey from Europe’s most southerly point to its most northerly point. It was published by Summersdale in May 2017. It is available from all good bookshops and online; Waterstone’s, Amazon – Kindle or paperback, Apple – iBook, Foyles, Stanfords, WH Smith, Blackwells.

Signed copies of the books are available. More details here.