A review by caroparr
Daisy, Daisy: A Grandmother's Journey Across American on a Bicycle by Christian Miller

3.0

The author of the wonderful A Scottish Childhood is a grandmother now and no longer at the beck and call of children, parents, et al., so she decides to bicycle across America by herself. Her folding bike, nicknamed Daisy, takes her from Yorktown, VA to Oregon one summer in the late seventies. Her willingness to tackle whatever comes her way is refreshing, though she does admit to the need to curl up in a motel from time to time to rest after meeting so many new people. Only a Brit would find water meadows and sculleries as she travels through the US. Minor but charming.