It's 1973. There are industrial disputes in the coal mines and on the railways, and an impending three-day week for workers. Meanwhile in Barnsley, three young working-class men meet in a local pub to discuss plans to travel 'as far as they can go'. They buy maps, stock up on tinned food, club together their savings to buy a second-hand camper van, and set off to the other side of the world. They plan to follow their road maps overland to India and then board a ship for Australia, find work, save up again and come back the other way.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Mike's writing is really vivid and I felt that I was on the journey with him; there's a real skill in telling a tale in such an immediate way, and Mike Padgett certainly has that skill.' - Ian McMillan; 'Here is a book about wonderment, adventure and meeting people. It's about common decency, nous, how you deal with what you encounter along the way and above all loyalty and friendship. Mike Padgett wrote this book for his friends and family and for the generations coming up. In that way the journey and the story continue and that is as good a reason for writing a book as I know. It's a noble thing to do.' - Ian Clayton
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Illustrationen
1 black and white illustration
Maße
Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 127 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-83975-515-6 (9781839755156)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Foreword vi
Preface vii
1 Magic 1
2 Where it Began 11
3 Into Europe 29
4 Bread, Education, Freedom: Greece 51
5 Two Loaves: Turkey 87
6 Stones: Iran 111
7 No Need for the Knife: Afghanistan 143
8 Then There Were Two: India 199
9 Then Almost One: Sri Lanka 229
10 Food and Women: The Indian Ocean 247
11 Australia at Last 263
12 Back the Other Way 283
Appendix - Equipment 315
Thanks 317