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Site_link post a commentWhat brings a person to a bike In 2018 Alan Deakins began long distance cycling touring at age 72 after recovering from a stroke when he rode his 80 bicycle from St Petersburg back to his home in England which he wrote about in his first Old Hippie on a Bike from Russia to England at Seventy Two After a Stroke In 2022 he set off on a 4000km journey across Europe to visit infamous Nazi death camps to raise funds for Ukrainian civilians who have been injured maimed and left destitute due to the merciless attack Putin had unleashed upon them Apart from raising money for them Alan wanted to raise awareness that the same brutal disregard for human life that the Nazis perpetrated on innocent people over eighty years ago was once again happening in Europe For a 76 year old the intended tour was ambitious as well as daunting Could the old bloke make it to the end It turned out to be a journey full of memories surprises unexplained mysteries fun and love His experience was than lone cycle touring Long hours on the road were conducive to wandering around in his mind Many of the events on his tour reminded me of past events in his life that shaped him as a person To him they were intrinsic to the journey itself and he felt compelled to write about them also Even though it was a journey that became life threatening it was also life enhancing life changing and life affirming But something came home in a boxit certainly could well have been him Old Hippie on a Bike My Humpty Dumpty Tour and Other StoriesThis extroardinary book is about long distance cycling it as about bends in the road and about bends in life It is about falling and picking up cycling or life again It is about the holocaust it is about human suffering It is about depression and death But most of all it is a celebration of life And it is fun It is clear that Alan Deakins spent most of his life making films His book is like a film a road movie Sometimes at high speed sometimes calm sometimes lonely sometimes crowded with people Deakins tells his story along two rides he made in 2022 and 2023 Occasionally he jumps to his past small stories about his younger years These stories add to the long list of topics that he writes about Following his adventures it seems unbelievable this book is not a fiction novel or film scenario All of his adventures did actually happen it is a true story. Kindle Old Hippie on a bike book I can t remember reading a book that both made me cry and made me laugh out loud several times while at the same time realizing the book is a road trip a deeply philosofical work a comedy and Alan Deakins