Long Ride for a Pie: From London to New Zealand on Two Wheels and an Appetite

By Tim Mulliner

Book Overview

London, February 2001. Tim Mulliner is fed up with English weather and food, and above all is pining for a good Kiwi Pie - 'the kind that melts in the mouth and leaves tiny flakes of pastry stuck to your lips, and a small shower of crumbs on your shirt, and a nice warm satisfied feeling in the stomach'. So Tim decides to cycle home - to Christchurch, New Zealand, via 22 countries and some of the world's hairiest roads. This is the story of his trip. Europe's a breeze, and the hard graft kicks in in Asia. An arrest in Iran; giardia on the Karakorum Highway; landslides in Pakistan; attacked by dogs in Tibet; delirium in China's sea of death, the vast Taklamakam Desert; a 1000-km, week-long 'dash' across the blistering Nullabor Plain in Australia, before finally hitting home over a year later. Originally published in 2006, this updated 2nd Edition includes fully revised text and additional chapters covering the European portion of the journey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0473320614
• ISBN13: 9780473320614
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Tim Mulliner
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"