Two wheels over Catalonia - Richard Guise

Sixteen years after first moving to Catalonia, Richard Guise finally finds time toslow down and explore the back roads by bicycle. With over 400 kilometres ofsparkling Mediterranean shoreline and an interior dominated by the Pyrenees, it's a spectacular journey from wind-blown headlands to the glitzy costas, and frombustling Barcelona to remote hillsides where only wild goats grazing and chirrupingcicadas disturb the tranquillity.

Dipping into the unique history of this fiercely independent nation-within-a-nation,he uncovers many of its cultural peculiarities, such as why the sardana dance is notas easy as it looks and what to do in a bugaderia. Chancing upon nudist beaches,ancient Iberian sites and revolutionary road-sweepers, this slow cyclist revels inauthentic Catalonia.