Burning Away - A journey of enlightenment by bike from England to Georgia

Hi Andrew, I've enjoyed browsing through bits of your book - well done, both with the writing and with the cycling that led to it! You have some great anecdotes and reflections, so keep it up. I would suggest however that you think about some serious editing. I personally found it quite a struggle to get into it - the introduction and first couple of chapters just don't give enough to grip you. My feelings on reading travel books are that I don't want a blow-by-blow account of everything that happened both in the lead up and on the trip, rather to get snapshots of the ride, enough to give a thread, and to hang the accompanying reflections on, but not to bore your readers with unecessary detail.
If you get a chance, have a look at Two guys, three wheels and a dog, and let me know your thoughts (any critique welcomed).
Peter
http://www.authonomy.com/books/39212/two-guys-three-wheels-and-a-dog/

I have now uploaded the next 5 chapters.

Thanks for the comments, I really appreciate them. Looking forward to more!

Dear Andy, I love that your have shared your bicycle trip. :) I love that you listed your motives of having a passion for cycling, travel, adventure, & interest in philosophy & am glad your friend wanted to go, too, as your pitch portrayed. :) As I read your trip, I was glad that I wasn't along, because I love the comforts of home, so I'm proud of you that you enjoyed it & wanted to do the trip, & most of all that you wrote your book to share with the whole world. :) It would be interesting to see Anne Frank's house, though. :) I have read, commented on & will back your book when space opens on my bookshelf. :) I have also gold ******-rated your book :) - could you please ****** & back my memoirs/testimony book, in return? :) Thank you from the bottom of my heart. :) Love, Susie :) p.s. every ******-ing moves our books up authonomy's lists, as does backing-more-than-24-hours & the longer on our bookshelves, the more our books move up :) - click on author's name, scroll down their profile page & click on their book cover & title & their book will come up, then you can ****** & back the book :)
None of this comment is copy/pasted & is written arduously my best from my heart, as I'm sure your book is, too. :)

:) I will comment on your book as soon as I have read it - read & commented on 1 hour later :)

Andy,
I love this traveler's adventure and agree with your assessment of the news media. The world isn't nearly as frightening as the evening news makes it out to be. I wish I could have shared in your travels.
Rated with six stars.

Walden Carrington
Titanic: Rose Dawson's Story

This is a nice, light piece of writing for me to read at a lunchtime. I like your flow of writing, but think that you need to make the first chapter/ introduction more captivating. A bit more description could be used to let your talent shine through.
Other than that, enjoyed it.
On my watchlist for now
abi