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Life Cycle: A Bike Ride Round Scotland and Back to Childhood
Author(s): Gary Sutherland (Author)
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
- Publication Date: 12 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1780271360
- ISBN-13: 9781780271361
Book Description
In order to recapture some of the magic of childhood years spent cycling around their home town of Hopeman on the Morayshire coast, the Sutherland brothers – older but none the wiser – set off from the back gate of the house they grew up in on a journey of a thousand miles. From the mountains of the Highlands to the traffic-snarled streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow, they ate up Scotland on two wheels and became boys again, pedalling for all they were worth on a road trip of a lifetime that brought pain and laughter in equal measure.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Part travelogue, part buddy movie storyboard, Life Cycle celebrates the simple pleasures and sense of achievement to be had by travelling, seeing the world from a different perspective and all via self-generated pedal power’ –Aberdeen Voice
‘Gary Sutherland’s writing is unswervingly honest, making it humorous, not just mildly amusing, but as funny as only real life can be . . . delightful to read’ –Scottish Field
‘[A] humorous and keenly observed account’ –Scots Magazine
‘A humorous and entertaining book which amounts to a portrait of present day Scotland’ –Scotsman
About the Author
Gary Sutherland was raised in Hopeman on the Moray Firth. He has worked as an ice cream maker, candyfloss maker, shortbread maker, teacher, bookseller, sports journalist and travel writer. He is the author of Hunting Grounds (2008) and Great Balls of Fire (2009).
