Bettina Selby

Author's travels by bicycle through Eastern Turkey gives a fascinating insight into the land and its people.

The author recounts her journey to the land of ancient African empires along the southern fringes of the Sahara on a bicycle.

In 1994 Bettina Selby made a bicycle journey from Cyprus to Israel. As she travelled to Jerusalem she encountered Arab and Jewish leaders and here gives her personal impressions of the political conflict in Israel.

Since the tenth century pilgrims have travelled ancient roads through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela. The author made the journey alone encountering some hazards as well as a host of fascinating characters.

Better known for her bicycle rides along the Himalayas and to other exotic destinations, in 1988 the author decided to explore England. Leaving London behind she travelled north to Hadrian's Wall.

Bettina Selby describes an early cycling journey she made to the mountains of Kathmandu.

A fascinating account of the author's bicycle ride to Jerusalem by way of the Crusaders' routes across Europe and through Turkey and Syria to Israel.

On a specially designed 'all-terrain' bicycle, the author travelled from the Mediterranean to the great lakes of central Africa, through the 4500 mile long Nile Valley.

Two young cats decide that another house move is not acceptable so escape from the removal van. By the time they decide that life is frightening their humans are far away in Wales, and the cats must journey there alone.