If you were to see me you would see a tall, stooped, slightly overweight elderly woman still with a bit of a limp despite a spinal fusion and a hip replacement. I am the sort of person you would be tempted to offer a seat to on a bus. I get on a bike and something magical happens. It is like Clark Kent getting into a phone booth. No, I don't emerge Superman. But it is like some sort of time travelling. Immediately I feel as if I have shed 50 years. I am young and carefree again without any vestage of an ache or a pain. We are invincible, we can ride anywhere and do anything. We are joyous and happy.

—Tricia Graham in From Copenhagen's Little Mermaid to Milan's Great Cathedral