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« on: September 26, 2006, 18:42:51 »
I'm half way through First Overland - an account of the first overland crossing from London to Singapore, in the days when there wasn't even a road to follow!

It was completed by 6 guys from Oxford & Cambridge in 2 Land Rovers.  When they finished, they drove back again.

The book is incredibly well-written and entertaining.  I strongly recommend anybody with any sense of adventure gets a copy out the library!
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 18:58:11 »
nice find mate

on a similar vein.. the long way round book done by ewan magregor and charlie boorman is fantastic

i enjoyed the book so much i bought the dvd, very very good!
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 19:01:59 »
actually

based on your suggestion ive just ordered one myself (9 squid)

off on me jollies next week so its an ideal read

funnily enough when i was last on the european continent i read the long way round book
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2006, 19:08:18 »
Great.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed!  It'll probably give you itchy feet though...
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2006, 19:16:23 »
long way round did
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2006, 21:04:37 »
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I'm half way through First Overland - an account of the first overland crossing from London to Singapore


Good isn't it??

I bought my copy about 5 months ago, which reminds me, I lent it out about 3 months ago & not seen it since :?
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2006, 13:11:34 »
Well...I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD of 'Long Way Round' (daughters bought it for me for Christams), though I never read the book - so I've ordered 'First Overland' from my local library, over t'internet. Aren't libraries fantastic  :D

The Amazon details mentioned that they were sponsored by the BBC (amongst others) - was the film of the trip ever shown? I wonder if there's any chance of seeing that re-issued on DVD  :lol:
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2006, 15:28:33 »
the book is more in depth than the dvd for obvious reasons which is why i would recommend the book more than the dvd

the dvd for me actually showed me who charlie was and i wanted to see where they went visually as well as how they described places like the road of bones
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2006, 19:20:58 »
arrived today

a quick glance through it and it looks bloody fantastic!

thanks for the suggestion

i notice it mentioned a previous expedition that went from london to cape town and back in 4 months..

wonder if that becmae a novel
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2006, 20:38:02 »
You want to try a bit of overland on a bike, it is not for the fainthearted I can tell you.
I take my hat off to those two, but they did have support......which is a kind of cop out in my opinion.
I did 3000k+ in 10 days this year in 100 degree heat, and got taken out in Belguim by a Volvo driver.....It ws character building.

Hospitals are better abroad though. :lol:
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2006, 20:47:18 »
:D  :D Now you're talking...I'll certainly buy and read the book...this is my sort of adventure...over the past several years I've ridden as far east as the Hungarian/Russian border,Croatia,Slovenia,Slovakia,Poland,Czech. Republic...the daftest thing I've done is ride for 5 miles straight through  the middle of a minefield...ah memories :)  :)

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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2006, 20:53:15 »
we are talking motorised bikes not pushing type arent we?
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2006, 21:32:55 »
So Dave, when are you putting pen to paper?  :D

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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2006, 21:44:29 »
Well, actually, there's the Book of the Blog.  Downloadable from the [http://westafrica2006.blogspot.com]blog page[/url] if you're patient!
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