Look up Nick Sanders' adventures went round the world on an R1
his back must have been f*cked after doing that!
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say what you like about Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor......but
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If you get the chance to see Charlie Boorman do a real life talk, go to see it. I went expecting very little as was not a fan of the programs, but he is very very funny in real life and was very popular with the audience.
Yeah, my wife booked him for an event and said he was a really nice guy, had lots of time for the guests and really down to earth. We also got a signed copy of his Dakar book
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Stuckinarut, I have just read Alastair Humphry's books. Amazing journey, great writing.
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Long Way Round was great. Long Way Down was awful - to many egos, tantrums and spoilt luvvies...
Far more inspiring by far is "The Ride". Search for the DVD (google for "The Ride - Alaska to Patagonia") - bunch of ordinary folk being guided by Nick and Julia Sanders.
Trip starts at the Arctic Ocean (Prudhoe Bay)and heads south through Alaska, Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, and then through the Andes through Peru, Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
Absolutely brilliant - one of those that can be re-watched again and again.
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The Wrong Way Home by Peter Moore is worth a look. It's been years since i read it, but the bit where he takes a detour through the former Yugoslavia in the middle of a war stands out!
Also, not really a travel book, but in a similar vein:
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: (She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse) by Paul Carter. Quite short but very funnyPosted 2 years ago # -
Saw this at the Edinburgh mountain film festival. It was....emotional.
Very ispiring, highly recommended.
http://www.asiemut.com/content/view/22/69/
"Asiemut is the story of a french canadian couple, Mélanie & Olivier, that choose a journey... but most would call it a long adventure, approximately 8000 km long. Riding their bicyles & pedaling through Asia. They traveled from Mongolia to Kolkata, at the mouth of the Ganges in India, passing through Xinjiang, the Taklamakan desert, Tibet & Nepal... Asiemut is their first film."
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Birky,thanks for the correction. I like the Bee Emm GS range,but both my mates had problems with all the ones that they owned. They look great though!
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Bloke called Adam Paul did the RTW on a Honda C90.
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Dan Walsh
Best days of our life or something like that.
writes for ?bike magazine.Funny book, my bessy mates cousin. Former red action/AFA member.
A very "rhumm" fella believe me.Posted 2 years ago #
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