In Cleopatra`s Needle: Two Wheels by the Water to Cairo, Anne Mustoe charts her bicycle journey from London to the monument’s original site at Heliopolis in Egypt. Determined to travel close to water wherever possible, she cycles along the rivers and canals of France, along the Po and the Adriatic coast of Italy, the coastline of mainland Greece, and the Aegean and the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Crossing over to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, the route finally takes across the Sinai to the Suez Canal and Cairo. In true British spirit Anne Mustoe weaves her story with the understated humour that has become her hallmark.