
For Adam Ruck, France & cycling go together like a rich Camembert & a heady glass of Bordeaux. This book
- full of useful details & tips
- follows him through six intricately plotted Gallic cycling routes; from Lake Geneva to the Channel, the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, Vichy to Roanne, Paris to Provence, Roanne to the Atlantic, & Burgundy to Spain. Having lived in France in his youth, Adam, now in his fifties, sets out to rediscover a landscape that was once familiar, now forgotten. His journey combines the pleasures of exploring a landscape by bike with the pleasures of exploring the depths & idiosyncrasies of another culture. It is a passionate moment in the British love affair with all things Gallic. Both a practical companion & a story of exploration & rediscovery, France on Two Wheels offers detailed descriptions of useful routes, stop-off points & watering-holes, along with detours into subjects as varied as wine, Flaubert, windmills, Wodehouse, belfries, battlefields & beer. It is vivid proof that the only way to experience the French countryside is on two wheels.