When Polly Evans set off on a journey around Spain by bicycle, she found more adventures than he had bargained for. She survived nail-biting encounter with a sprightly pig, escaped over-zealous suitors, had her morality questioned by the local, and indulged her love of regional cooking. While she pedalled, Polly pondered some of the more lurid details of Spanish history - the king who collected pickled heads and the unfortunate duchess who lost her feet. And wherever she cycled, she ate and ate - and yet still she shrank out of her trousers.