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Released: 28/02/2020

ISBN: 9781838592592
eISBN: 9781838598037

Format: Paperback/eBook

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Can I Tell You Something?

Captain Century’s American Bianchi Bicycle Diaries

by Mark Pritchard

Mark Pritchard has spent much of his life riding his beloved Bianchi bicycles around Britain and Europe. In May 2018 he achieved a lifetime ambition when he left the UK to cycle 3,400 miles across the USA to Boston. Over the six weeks of his tour he learnt a lot about this great country and its people. Can I Tell You Something? is the story of the places he visited, the history and culture he discovered and the people he met and rode with along the way.

Mark’s view from the saddle provides a unique insight into America and its people, as he travels from the hustle and bustle of the West Coast through the harsh arid deserts and into the vast agricultural landscapes of the Midwest and on to the tranquillity of rural upstate New England, Mark gets to the very heart of this country and its people.

This is not just a cycling tour however, it is also a story of a romance that grew and continued after Mark arrived in Boston. Taken from his diaries written from the tour, Can I Tell You Something? is a chronicle of a fantastic journey and a love letter to the very special person that he met on the road.

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Mark Pritchard's latest book, "Can I Tell You Something?" is a heartwarming read for anyone with an adventurous heart. It is a humorous and rich accounting of Mark's crossing the United States by bicycle, which reads easily and is engaging - making it difficult to put the book down. The format, a sequential recollection of the journey with his mates on the tour, is laced with Mark's interactions with Americans as his English accent (and cyclist's Lycra) seized their attention and opened the door for introductions and engaging conversations. A must-read for any cyclist.

by Greg P, Tulsa, Oklahoma

About the Author

Mark Pritchard

Born in Trinidad (West Indies) and a lifelong cyclist, Mark Pritchard has worked throughout Britain and abroad as a forester. He has been a board member of Forestry Commission, Chief Executive of an environmental charity and has owned and run a communications consultancy. Since retiring from full time work in 2010 he has cycled throughout Britain and Europe riding 10-15,000 miles each year. In 20-18 he will be riding across the USA from Los Angeles to Boston.