It's Just a Hill: Me, My Bike and the Massif Central
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After being hit by a car on her way to a bicycle rally Helen loses her passion for cycling. Her wounds soon heal but her desire to pedal has died. Searching for a way to regain her love of the bike and armed with a small redundancy pay-out, she decides to cycle across France.
Helen sets out, poorly prepared and navigationally challenged, to cycle from Rome to Cherbourg in what turns out to be the second wettest spring on record. Battling the weather, hills, rapidly depleting finances and amorous Italians, Helen proves that persistence has its rewards, even if mainly in hindsight.
Along the way Helen discovers that the kindness of strangers boosts resilience, that you can cry and cycle at the same time and that France has some very big hills.
Helen Jennings
Helen Jennings was born in the Caribbean Island of Jamaica, West Indies, in the 1950s. She later migrate to the United States of America in the 1980s in search of better growth opportunities. She lived and worked in New York City, undertaking various roles including serving in the medical arena, where she functioned as a skilled nursing assistant. She later owned and operated her own business, a licensed Child Care Service dubbed "Helen's Day Care". Helen is the mother of two successful sons and one granddaughter. Her ultimate goal is to continue to be a positive role model for children. Helen is an optimist faith believer of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her passion and interest is to continue to pursue the knowledge of God. She possesses and demonstrates a servant's heart with a willingness to serve others.
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