The Trans Pennine Trail is a bike, hike and horse trail which runs coast-to-coast across the skinny waist of England, a sort of Land’s End to John o’ Groats for beginners. This book follows our slow but steady dawdle along it, taking in some of Northern England’s richest sights.
The book is primarily a travelogue, charting the progress of the protagonist's rather reluctant introduction to long distance cycling, grappling with tents in wind and hungry empty stomachs growling over a tiny camp stove. But Cycling the Trans Pennine Trail: The Wrong Way Round also serves a secondary purpose, serving as an introduction to the realms of historical and cultural observation on the Trans Pennine Trail.
Starting in the adorable seaside village of Hornsea, the route passes through Hull before winding through many of the pretty villages in East Riding. It stoops off in York then heads towards the bright lights and industrial cityscapes of Manchester and Liverpool. Though much of the Trans Pennine Trail is rural it has the constant promise of scenery change as it visits towns, cities, rivers, canals, and the coast.
The Wrong Way Round introduces some of the incredible and often overlooked history the Trans Pennine Trail encounters. But more than that, it gives hope to the non-survivalist. Because if I can do it anyone can.
The book is primarily a travelogue, charting the progress of the protagonist's rather reluctant introduction to long distance cycling, grappling with tents in wind and hungry empty stomachs growling over a tiny camp stove. But Cycling the Trans Pennine Trail: The Wrong Way Round also serves a secondary purpose, serving as an introduction to the realms of historical and cultural observation on the Trans Pennine Trail.
Starting in the adorable seaside village of Hornsea, the route passes through Hull before winding through many of the pretty villages in East Riding. It stoops off in York then heads towards the bright lights and industrial cityscapes of Manchester and Liverpool. Though much of the Trans Pennine Trail is rural it has the constant promise of scenery change as it visits towns, cities, rivers, canals, and the coast.
The Wrong Way Round introduces some of the incredible and often overlooked history the Trans Pennine Trail encounters. But more than that, it gives hope to the non-survivalist. Because if I can do it anyone can.
