Finding herself at a crossroads and in need of a change from her job and domestic responsibilities, Helen Moat set herself the challenge of a lifetime: she got on her bike and embarked on an epic cycle ride across Europe, all the way to Istanbul, accompanied by her eighteen-year-old son.
A memoir bringing in aspects of the nature writing and travelogue forms. The author contends with depression and the trauma of a childhood's proximity to the Troubles when cycling across Europe to Istanbul, accompanied by her eighteen-year-old son.
