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Mike Carter

Mike Carter is a freelance travel writer. His latest book, One Man and His Bike, details his 5,000-mile cycle ride around the coastline of Britain. In 2008 his Uneasy Rider won the Oldie Travel Book of the Year. He tweets at @getcarter7

July 2024

  • Retreat participants at Sharpham take part in a nature walk with the River Dart in the background

    How I found peace on a mindfulness retreat in south Devon

    The Sharpham estate has been offering guests an escape from the stresses of modern life for decades. But could it help our writer to deal with his anxiety?

February 2019

  • Kimberly Loring<br>File - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Kimberly Loring holds a photo of her sister, Ashley HeavyRunner Loring, who went missing on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation as she stands in her grandmother's home in Browning, Mont. Loring, the sister of a missing Blackfeet woman in Montana is expressing frustration over police's initial response to her loved one's disappearance, telling U.S. senators in prepared testimony Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, that "dysfunctional" investigations into missing persons cases have troubled numerous Native American families. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

    Today in Focus
    Searching for my sister: America's missing indigenous women

  • Illustration: Nathalie Lees

    The country I walked through deserves better than Brexit

    Mike Carter

June 2016

  • Wolverhampton, Brickklin Street flats, 1961

    I walked from Liverpool to London. Brexit was no surprise

    Mike Carter
    Thatcherism devastated communities throughout industrial England that have never recovered. Their pain explains why people voted to leave in the EU referendum

April 2016

  • The People's March for Jobs reaches London

    Why I’m walking in my father’s footsteps, retracing the People’s March for Jobs

    Mike Carter
    In 1981, 280 people set off from Liverpool protesting at the Thatcher revolution. I hope to join the dots that have led to the state we’re in now

February 2013

  • Pudong skyline at Huangpu River at night, Shanghai, China, Asia

    Megacity travel guides
    Walking Shanghai: from the 14th century to the future

    Mike Carter walks across Shanghai, from a 14th-century canal town to the futuristic waterfront packed tight with skycrapers, the most potent symbol of thriving, modern China

June 2012

  • ‘Instrument of torture’ … Tour cyclists climb the Galibier pass between Briancon and Courchevel

    Your own Tour de France: cycling the Marmotte 'sportive' in France

    The punishing Marmotte 'sportive' event in France is for amateurs but it gives all cyclists – including an exhausted Mike Carter – a taste of riding like a pro

February 2012

  • Hanoi's fish market

    48 hours in Hanoi, Vietnam

    Direct flights mean you can now visit Hanoi for a long weekend (just about). Mike Carter takes a jet-lagged, surreal tour of Vietnam's colourful capital

August 2011

  • Pony trekkers on Brendon Common, Exmoor, Devon, England, UK. Image shot 2007. Exact date unknown.

    Get outside: 10 great ways to see Britain's countryside

    Whether it's on foot, bike, horse or boat, here are 10 inspiring ways to have an adventure in Britain's magnificent countryside

July 2011

  • Cape Wrath lighthouse, Sutherland, Scotland

    My travels
    My travels: Mike Carter in Cape Wrath, Scotland

    Stopping at Cape Wrath, the north-west tip of Britain, on his round-Britain bike ride, Mike Carter found wild winds, a warm welcome and a wonderful sense of calm

December 2009

  • Wiinter on Lake Baikal

    Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell

    Mike Carter braves ice, fire and birch twigs to discover what makes Lake Baikal so special

November 2009

  • manchester

    Checking in
    Ten Manchester Street, London | Hotel review

    A peaceful bolthole in the heart of the city

  • carter

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    My cycling odyssey proved to me that Britain is not a broken society

    A 4,625-mile journey round the coast of the UK was filled with stunning scenery and generous people

  • Mike Carter at Land's End

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure in pictures

    Mike Carter picks some of his favourite scenes from his epic five-month, 4,625-mile cycling adventure around Britain

October 2009

  • Mike's big British bike adventure - Mike Carter

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

  • Jurassic Coast, Dorset

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

  • Mike's big British bike adventure - Falmouth

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

  • Mike's big British bike adventure - Devon

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

September 2009

  • Mike's big British bike adventure - Wales

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

  • Mike's big British bike adventure - Pembrokeshire

    Mike's big British bike adventure
    Mike's big British bike adventure

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