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Follow Mike's journey into bikepacking,
blending hard-won lessons with practical advice. Along the way, he shares
stories from some of the UK's most iconic routes, including the Highland Trail
550, the Trans Cambrian and the Lakeland 300. At its heart lies his Cylchdaith
Cymru (Welsh 550) ride around his adopted home of Wales.
A naturalist, mountaineer and educator, Mike
weaves observations on landscape, land management and nature throughout his
journey. Grinding up hills on a laden bike, he develops an intimate
relationship with one of our last overlooked wild spaces, the roadside verge,
capturing it in evocative detail.
On Mike's Welsh 550 route he gives us a
bike-borne view of Wales: from the limestone-built Victorian resort of
Llandudno beneath the Great Orme, to the wild Worm's Head at the tip of the
Gower, just beyond Wales's second city, Swansea - and back again. The route
heads south down the west side of Wales
before returning up the eastern side, taking in encounters with of slate
quarrying, coal mining, forestry and agriculture.
In the quiet expanses of central Wales, where
services are few and far between, chance encounters become meaningful. Mike
meets few people, but each has a story to tell. This is a bikepacking
travelogue for our times.
The book includes sketch maps, route
summaries, reflections on lessons learned, pen-and-ink illustrations, and an
index.
