{"id":21363,"date":"2014-10-08T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=21363"},"modified":"2020-08-18T00:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:57:14","slug":"a-6000-mile-cycle-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/a-6000-mile-cycle-journey.html","title":{"rendered":"A 6,000 mile cycle journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/leon-mccarron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21379\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/leon-mccarron.jpg\" alt=\"leon-mccarron\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/leon-mccarron.jpg 480w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/leon-mccarron-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/leon-mccarron-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">Globies past speaker Leon McCarron, the adventure film maker (most notably the inspiring\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><i>Into the Empty Quarter<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">\u00a0with Alastair Humphreys) has turned his talents to writing, with the release of his first book\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><i>The Road Headed West: A Cycling Adventure Through North America<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">. The book tells the story of Leon\u2019s five month 6,000 mile cycle journey from New York to Seattle and onto the Mexican border, with all the stress and enjoyment that such a journey entails. 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