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Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe
Par Tom Chesshyre. 2019
Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe…
from London to Venice.Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland he goes, travelling as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, his trip takes him onwards via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria. Along the way he enjoys many an encounter, befriending fellow travellers as well as a conductor or two.This is a love letter to Europe, written from the trackside.The Kindness of Strangers: Travel Stories That Make Your Heart Grow
Par Ed Stafford, Levison Wood, Lois Pryce, Sarah Outen, Jamie McDonald, Benedict Allen, George Mahood, Al Humphreys, Anna McNuff, Fearghal O'Nuallain. 2018
Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richerTravel opens our minds to the world; it helps…
us to embrace risk and uncertainty, overcome challenges and understand the people we meet and the places we visit. But what happens when we arrive home? How do our experiences shape us?The Kindness of Strangers explores what it means to be vulnerable and to be helped by someone we've never met before. Someone who could have walked past, but chose not to.This is a collection of stories by accomplished travellers and adventurous souls like Sarah Outen, Benedict Allen, Ed Stafford and Al Humphreys, who have completed daring journeys through challenging terrain, adventuring from the Calais Jungle to the Amazon, from Land’s End to the Gobi Desert, from New Guinea to Iran and many other places in between. Each has a story to tell of a time when they were vulnerable, when they were in need and a kind stranger came to their rescue.These are stories that make our hearts grow, stories that will restore our faith in the world and remind us that, despite what the media says, the world isn't a scary place – rather, it is filled with Kind Strangers just like us.All royalties go directly to fund Oxfam’s work with refugees.Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe
Par Tom Chesshyre. 2019
Do you love trains and adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London…
to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks with no set plans. As the trains lead the way, his trip takes him as far east as Ukraine before winding back to his destination.Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination
Par Jenny Tough. 2020
The badass adventurers in this collection are all fearless, intelligent, compassionate and curious about the world – and they all…
happen to be female. From arctic expeditions and endurance races to wingsuit flying and mountain climbing, they have set the bar high for what women are capable of. These are their inspiring stories.Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans
Par Elise Downing. 2021
Elise had a new job, flat and relationship – and they were all making her utterly miserable. Then the obvious…
solution hit her: run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain. Over the next 301 days, she saw Britain at its most wild and wonderful, and discovered that running away doesn’t solve your problems – but it's more fun than dealing with them.Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure
Par Pip Stewart. 2021
With the help of guides from the Waî Waî indigenous community, Pip Stewart and the team took on the perilous…
world-first challenge of following the Essequibo River from source to sea. In this book, Pip shares the lessons she learned on her incredible journey, which can help us all embrace the wildness within ourselves and live more every day.Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides
Par Tom Chesshyre. 2022
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and…
along viaducts towering above plunging ravines… there is no better way to see Spain than by train.Rail enthusiast Tom Chesshyre, author of Slow Trains to Venice, Ticket to Ride and Tales from the Fast Trains, hits the tracks once again to take in the country through carriage windows on a series of clattering rides beyond the popular image of “holiday Spain” (although he stops by in Benidorm and Torremolinos too).From hidden spots in Catalonia, through the plains of Aragon and across the north coast to Santiago de Compostela, Chesshyre continues his journey via Madrid, the wilds of Extremadura, dusty mining towns, the cathedrals and palaces of Valencia and Granada, and finally to Seville, Andalusia’s beguiling (and hot) capital.Encounters? Plenty. Mishaps? A lot. Happy Spanish days? All the way.The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway
Par Steve Silk. 2021
Travelling by bike at a stately 14 mph, Steve Silk heads north, searching out milestones and memories, coaching inns and…
coffee shops. The Great North Road is a journey as satisfying for the armchair traveller as the long-distance cyclist. Enriched with history, humour and insight, it’s a tribute to Britain and the endless appeal of the open road.Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings
Par Simon Parker. 2022
“A truly inspiring journey that celebrates the healing power of adventure. A must-read.” – Levison WoodThe remarkable and inspirational true…
story of how one man battled grief and anxiety, one pedal stroke at a time, on a 3,500-mile adventure around BritainIn March 2020, as Britain entered its first lockdown, Simon Parker’s life fell apart; his travel journalism career vanished overnight and shortly afterwards he received the tragic news that a close friend had died. With a long-suppressed anxiety disorder starting to rear its head, he turned to the only therapies he knew and trusted: travel and exercise.Setting off on his bike from the northernmost point of Shetland with only a sleeping bag and a camping stove, Simon would end up cycling 3,427 miles around Britain. En route, he would meet hundreds of resilient Britons, who were all, in their own way, riding out the storm just like he was. Even in his gloomiest moments he began to see that a chink of light was never too far away.Riding Out is a story of optimism and hope, and a ground-level portrait of Britain as it transforms from a country in crisis to a nation on the mend. From Shetland to the Scillies, Dover to Durness, Simon learns that life’s sharpest corners are best navigated at the gentle pace of a bicycle.Growing old outrageously: a memoir of travel, food and friendship
Par Hilary Linstead. 2012
Two old school friends reconnect unexpectedly after thirty-five years and discover that they both love travelling - and the more…
exotic and far-flung the location, the better! Not having a clue whether they will get along, the eccentric pair embark on a trial journey to Morocco. That tentative beginning has turned into a series of wonderfully unusual holidays, and Hil and Liz have been circumnavigating the globe ever since. Among many other destinations, they have taken in Marrakech, Fez and the Atlas Mountains; Patagonia and the Galapagos Islands; Istanbul and Cappadocia. They've been on safari in Namibia, Botswana and the Serengeti, attended music festivals in Naples and Prague and made a pilgrimage to the western isles of Mull and Iona. Along the way they have encouraged, enraged and entertained each other, while living through countless adventures.Almost French
Par Sarah Turnbull. 2002
'This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she…
hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan . ' After backpacking her way around Europe journalist Sarah Turnbull is ready to embark on one last adventure before heading home to Sydney. A chance meeting with a charming Frenchman in Bucharest changes her travel plans forever. Acting on impulse, she agrees to visit Fr d ric in Paris for a week. Put a very French Frenchman together with a strong-willed Australian girl and the result is some spectacular - and often hilarious - cultural clashes. Language is a minefield of misunderstanding and the simple act of buying a baguette is fraught with social danger. But as she navigates the highs and lows of this strange new world, from the sophisticated caf s and haute couture fashion houses to the picture postcard French countryside, little by little Sarah falls under its spell: passionate, mysterious, infuriating, and charged with that French specialty - s duction. And it becomes her home. ALMOST FRENCH is the story of an adventurous heart, a maddening city - and love.Dawdling by the Danube: With Journeys in Bavaria and Poland
Par Edward Enfield. 2008
Edward Enfield sets off on a cycling trip through Bavaria, Poland and on to the pleasant banks of the Danube,…
taking in castles and baroque churches and sampling splendid wine en route. Carrying few preconceptions but plenty of wit, Edward reveals there is no place from which to see a country that is nearly as good as the saddle of a bicycle.The Teardrop Island: Following Victorian Footsteps Across Sri Lanka
Par Cherry Briggs. 2013
The Teardrop Island follows in the footsteps of the eccentric Victorian James Emerson Tennent, along a route which takes Cherry…
to pilgrimage trails, tea estates, and rural regions inhabited by indigenous tribes, and through areas of the former warzone, delving under the surface of the contemporary culture via cricket matches and fortune tellers.Freewheeling Through Ireland: Enfield Pedals the West Coast
Par Edward Enfield. 2006
When Edward decided to cycle around Ireland, he was enchanted by prehistoric fortresses, rugged landscapes and landladies who insisted on…
washing his shirts. With his trademark wit, he takes you on a ride up the west coast, stopping to chat to peat-cutters, fishermen, eccentric tourists and a famous matchmaker.After planning to backpack round South America, Amy spends the next three months fending off well-meaning but absurd advice, which…
she ignores… right up until she runs into trouble. Part memoir and part inspirational traveller’s tale, Miss-adventures is a funny and frank account of a young woman exercising her independence.Fragrant Heart: A Tale of Love, Life and Food in South-East Asia
Par Miranda Emmerson. 2014
Miranda and her partner set off for one last big adventure before settling down. They chose to travel through South-East…
Asia. Asian flu, falling off boats and the general chaos of a life abroad challenged them at every step, yet they fell in love with the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.From Source to Sea: Notes from a 215-Mile Walk Along the River Thames
Par Tom Chesshyre. 2017
Authors, artists and amblers have always felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their…
footsteps. He’s walking more than 200 miles from the Cotswolds to the North Sea. Seeing some familiar sights through new eyes, Chesshyre explores the living present and remarkable past of England’s longest and most iconic river.Too Narrow to Swing a Cat: Going Nowhere in Particular on the English Waterways
Par Steve Haywood. 2011
Steve has a new member of crew aboard his narrowboat – but maybe not the kind he’d have wanted if he’d…
known the trouble she’d cause. Kit, an untidy bundle of feline fur, joins him on a mission to discover lost parts of England, cruising the canals and visiting picturesque towns and waterway festivals along the way.Two Wheels Over Catalonia: Cycling the Back Roads of North-Eastern Spain
Par Richard Guise. 2011
Sixteen years after moving to Catalonia, Richard finally finds time to slow down and explore the back roads by bicycle. Dipping…
into the unique history of this fiercely independent nation-within-a-nation, and chancing upon nudist beaches, ancient Iberian sites and revolutionary road-sweepers, this slow cyclist revels in authentic Catalonia.The Hairy Hikers: A Coast-to-Coast Trek Along the French Pyrenees
Par David Le Vay. 2012
Fuelled by a mid-life crisis and the need to escape modern life, David and Rob set out to walk from…
the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. This humorous and often poignant account of their coast-to-coast trek along the French Pyrenees, reveals the history and geography along the way and will appeal to all walkers and admirers of human endeavour.