Cycling to the Sun (eBook)

Part 1 First We Headed North

• The Dream
• The Long Lead-up to Take-off
• Some Tricky Questions
• Just Me, My Bike, and Some Friendly Vikings
• Meeting More Vikings
• On the Hærvejen Road with a Puncture
• Across the Arctic Circle
• Loving the Lofoten Islands
• Being Spoilt on the Hurtigruten Ferry
• To the Cape!

Part 2 Then We Turned Around and Headed South Again

Map 1 - Scandinavia

• Of Ice, Snow and Reindeer
• Finland is Forests
• A Language of Ks
• Meeting the Friendly Finns
• Walking Through History
• Across the Åland Islands
• A Rocky Start to Sweden
• When Things Got Much Better
• Along the Göta Canal
• Two Women of Vadstena
• Back in the Land of the Vikings
• Denmark - Flat and Very, Very wet

Part 3 The Middle Bit

Map 2 Central Europe

• Copenhagen - A Cyclist's Dream
• Island Hopping in Denmark
• Facing My Fears at Last!
• Two Schrebergarten
• Two Rebellions
• A Quick Lesson in Executing One's Enemies
• Slowly Roasting in Czechia
• More Tyre Dramas!
• Alps on the Horizon!
• Four Solo Female Cyclists
• Freewheeling Down the Alps
• Across the Veneto Plain
• Meltdown in Ancona
• Calming Down Again

Part 4 La Dolce Vita

Map 3 Italy and Malta

• Starting Again With a Cycling Buddy
• Through the Olive Groves
• Dreaming of a Better Future
• Traditional Towns in Southern Italy
• Easter in Ostuni
• The Salento Plain
• Around Italy's Instep
• Sicily - The Key to Everything
• Sightseeing in Luxury by Car
• Locked Out!
• Malta at Last!
• Luxuriating in Leisure

Part 5 The Big Picture

• Looking Back, and Forward