Ed Hunton grew up in North Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor, and cycling was his main mode of transport. From his early teens, he was off around the south-west, Super-C panniers loaded and an OS Landranger® stuffed into the front of his jacket. The feeling of freedom that bikes provide has never left him. Inspired by a friend and local bike-shop owner, John Spurr, he has undertaken tours in Italy, Spain, Benelux, France and Cuba, with a mixture of campsites, wild camping and pensions being his preferred accommodation. A keen member of Audax, Ed has also completed the Trans Alba (originally an 800-mile circuit of Scotland), taken part in Bear Bones events, completed a DIY tour of the Badlands in southern Spain and ridden countless sportives. His previous guidebooks for Cicerone explore bikepacking the fells of the Lake District and gravel trails of South-East England.