Josie Dew

{{Short description|English cyclist, author and cook}}

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Josie Dew (born 1966){{cite web|title=About Me |url=http://www.josiedew.com/about-me|publisher=Josie Dew|date=20 April 2010|quote=2016: Spent my 50th birthday...}} is an English touring cyclist, author and cook. Although a caterer by profession she frequently takes long cycle trips (such as circumnavigating Britain or Japan – or crossing the Sahara on her bicycle whilst suffering kidney problems) and then writes a humorous travelogue detailing her experiences. She lives near Portsmouth, England. She has two daughters and a son.Cycling Plus, UK, 1999

She began to use cooking to pay for her cycling trips at the age of 15 and by 17 it had paid for her first significant trip, around the coast of Britain, inspired by a tour of the Isle of Wight when she was 10. By September 2005, she had cycled through 48 countries and by 2010 she had covered more than 350,000 miles.{{cite news |last1=MacMichael |first1=Simon |title=Long-distance cyclist Josie Dew holds London talk in support of Sustrans |url=https://road.cc/content/news/12557-long-distance-cyclist-josie-dew-holds-london-talk-support-sustrans |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=road.cc |date=6 January 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14321671.html|title=Brief Encounter with Josie Dew|accessdate=2008-06-04|date=22 September 2005|author=Maureen Ellis|work=Evening Times}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

She crossed Europe with her boyfriend, which led to her first writing success, Wind in my Wheels. After her boyfriend was injured in a crash she began travelling alone, which she prefers,{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4980941.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020062124/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4980941.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2012|title=Passport Josie Dew|accessdate=2008-06-04|date=11 April 1999|author=Andrew Purcell|work=The Independent|location=London}} despite those who find it strange.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/718808/Japan-Eastern-challenge-on-two-wheels.html|title=Japan: Eastern Challenge on Two Wheels|accessdate=2008-06-04|date=14 June 2001|author=Derek Davies|work=The Telegraph}}

In March 2007, Long Cloud Ride, her book about New Zealand, was selected among the top 10 writer's reads by Geographical.{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29987493_ITM|title=Top 10 Writer's Reads|accessdate=2008-06-04|date=1 March 2007|work=Geographical}}