The Man Who Cycled Every Map

In 2022, Mark Wedgwood uniquely cycled 7,300 miles across all 204 Ordnance Survey Landranger maps in numerically ascending order: a six-month odyssey to every part of Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man. Ride with Mark to experience the astonishing variety, history, beauty and complexity of Britain and its people. On the way, he visits the most extreme and the most mundane places, guided by curiosity, optimism, nostalgia and a warm sense of humour that reveals pleasant surprises at every turn. Discover that even in this crowded land, you can lose yourself in emptiness and enjoy peaceful cycling—and glorious weather!—just about everywhere. Carefully devised cycling routes introduce lesser-known places, strange anomalies and endearing stories of a country that offers a catalogue of truly uplifting experiences. Along the way, we learn about life on the road: the rituals of eating and drinking, keeping a bicycle going, and encounters with ordinary and extraordinary people. Mark finds interest in every map and inspires you to explore it yourself.