We meet Anne Mustoe
May 7th, 2005 by Nuts On Bents
Today we met Anne Mustoe, the bestselling author of several cycling books on her trips around the world, who has kindly agreed to be the patron of our trip.
When Anne first set off to cycle alone round the world, she was 54, overweight and unfit. She had not cycled for 30 years and she wobbled on her new machine. In her book Lone Traveller she talks of people ‘who would dearly love to go on an adventure, but teeter on the brink, full of self-doubt’. They talk themselves out of it. They forget the fun is in the adventure, the who-knows-what-nextness of casual travel. ‘You don’t have to be twenty, male and an ace mechanic,’ she says. ‘I’ve cycled around the world twice now. I’m not young, I’m not sporty, I never train, I appreciate good food and wine, and I still can’t tell a sprocket from a chain ring or mend a puncture!’
Anne has been a huge inspiration for both of us…and we will be following in her footsteps in many of the countries we will be cycling through. Pictures and more details on the website soon.