You've Gone Too Far This Time, Sir! - by Danny Bent

I think that I can say that this book "did what it says on the tin". It is a personal, quite light-hearted account of the author's bicycle journey across Europe and down into India. Having said that, he does not paint a rosy picture - there was much hardship and he was close to failure numerous times. I felt that it was written honestly and it made me feel like I knew him a little bit. I was glad that he succeeded in his goal.

The downside of the book is that it makes any cycling I have done, or am ever likely to do, seem ridiculously tame.