French Bike Ride

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The perfect book to buy for a husband who likes a challenge - an amusing and stimulating tale of four over-fifty year old men who cycle over 900 miles through France. Four over-fifty year old cyclists fly into Biarritz, have a days rest to acclimatise then set off back to Teesside passing through sixteen towns twinned with British towns and arrive in Caen after eighteen days. The route included the Pyrenees, the Dordogne, the Loire Valley and Normandy. Money was raised for five charities. The reader of Four Fifty-Plus Fools Flit Fru France will find the book wonderfully entertaining and full of amusing and interesting digressions. The route was certainly challenging for old legs and their “biffons” were severely tested, with one cyclist suffering from “white penis syndrome”. Letters and emails were sent out to all the twinned towns mayors in hopes that crowds would line the streets as they arrived. The reception from all the French people that they met on the way was outstanding. They were greeted by dancing in the main square in Biarritz and bunting on display in many towns that they passed through. The latter part of the ride passed through towns historically rich in Second World War stories. Review by Debs on www.amazon.co.uk: "This is a particularly amusing book about four men, who are all over fifty and not super fit - out to prove that literally anyone could do this trip if they can manage to complete the course themselves. The tour begins in the wonderful Atlantic sea resort of Biarritz and finishes on the north coast. The writer has a very witty style and there are some very funny moments during their journey"
Mike Newton (ku.oc.rapsnotyataerg|ofni#ku.oc.rapsnotyataerg|ofni)	**Mike Newton was born in 1949. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and gained an electrical engineering degree followed by a Ph.D at Liverpool University. He worked at ICI for many years in the IT discipline before being transferred to IBM then taking his terms at age 50. He continued as an IT consultant but turned to writing after touring through France on his bike, producing his first book ‘Four Fifty-Plus Fools Flit Fru France’. **