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Mark Wedgwood lives in the beautiful Peak District National Park. After a thirty-year career specialising in global leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and cultural intelligence, he embraced an unexpected early retirement in spring 2021. He now spends much of his time on adventure and travel projects. He is married with a grown-up son and daughter. When not walking, running or cycling, he plays bass with a localrock band.Publication: 31st OCTOBER2024ISBN: 9781835740767Price: %u00a315.99Binding: PaperbackFormat: 234 x 156 mmExtent: 464 ppThema: SXD CyclingAuthor location: Derbyshire%u2022 The Man Who Cycled Every Map follows Mark Wedgwood as cycles 7,300 miles across all 204 Ordnance %u2022 Survey Landranger maps, in numerically ascending order, covering every part of Britain: Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle ofMan. %u2022 The book features a selection of photographs from the author%u2019s adventures.%u2022 At a time when foreign travel was difficult in 2022, Mark was curious to see all of the amazing country he calls home. A true adventure around all of Britain! No adventure takes you everywhere in Britain; but this comes close.In 2022, Mark Wedgwood uniquely cycled 7,300 miles across all204 Ordnance Survey Landranger maps in numerically ascending order: a six-month odyssey to every part of Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man. Ride withMark to experience the astonishing variety, history, beauty and complexity of Britain and its people. On the way, he visits the most extreme and the most mundane places.Mark%u2019s curiosity, optimism, nostalgia and sense of humour help us discover pleasant surprises and learn that, even in this crowded land, you can lose yourself in emptiness and enjoy peaceful cycling (and glorious weather!) just about everywhere. Carefully devised cycling routes introduce lesser-known places, strange anomalies and endearing stories of acountry that offers a catalogue of truly uplifting experiences. We learn about life on the road, including therituals of eating and drinking, keeping a bicycle going, and encounters with ordinary and extraordinary people.Mark finds interest in every map and inspires you to explore it yourself.ISBN 978-1-83574-076-79 7 8 1 8 3 5 7 4 0 7 6 7THE MAN WHO CYCLED EVERY MAPMark WedgwoodSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comOrders: Troubador Publishing Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk0116 279 2299Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change without notice. 10/05/ 2024