Free Country by George Mahood.
Do you like cycling? I'm sticking my neck out and saying that yes, you probably do. Well you should DEFINITELY read this book. It's about two men who decide to cycle from Lands End to John O' Groats. The only thing is, they don't have a bike between them. They don't have anything, really. No shoes for instance, no clothes (other than a pair of Union Jack boxer shorts each), no money, no food and no water. No map either!
I was astonished when I read the blurb about it but thought I'll have to read that and I'm very, very glad I did.
These two friends made up this crackpot scheme and then decided to see if they could do it by relying on the good nature of us Brits. They got dropped off at Lands End and walked barefoot for a bit until they could blag some footwear (a pair of socks each and one pair of shoes between them - they wore one shoe each until they could beg a pair of size six wellies off someone).
It is a superb read with some brilliantly observed, and very funny, writing illustrating the people they encountered en-route (Michael Eaves of Glasto fame being one of them) and just telling these people what they were doing and being surprised at the responses.
After several days, they blag two totally unsuitable kids bikes, rusting and no brakes and without any cycling training or equipment at all they make a good fist of the adventure.
Read it, you'll enjoy it. I can't offer it up because I got it on my Kindle.