Claire Davies

The minister in my church, knowing that I'm a big reader, is braver than the majority of my family and often chooses a book for me at Christmas. I love this, as usually he picks books I wouldn't have necessarily chosen myself, but I usually enjoy them.

This book was this year's gift, an account of a 53 year old woman's cycling journey from Lands' End in Cornwall to the other end of Great Britain - John O'Groats.

Despite there not being a huge variety to her days beyond cycling, eating and show more sleeping, I enjoyed this book. Claire Davies was burnt out and fed up in her job when she decided on a whim to take a sabbatical and embark on this journey, much of it on her own. As a woman of nearly the same age, I totally understand the sentiment that drove her to undertake this adventure - a search for freedom and refinding the part of herself that years in a corporate job had taken.

I love the notion of setting off on on an epic journey like this and reclaiming that sense of adventure that life's busyness often erodes.

3.5 stars - not necessarily a book I'd rush to recommend, but an interesting read to whet your appetite for an adventure of your own. show less