A Personal Adventure Through Friendship and World's Remote Places
This is not a typical celebrity spin-off but a story of two mates on a personal motorcycle adventure of a lifetime. They just happen to be well known actors.
Many readers will have seen the television series and may be concerned that this book was less of an adventure and more a series of photo-opportunities. Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman were determined that it was their personal trip first and filming came second.
Most of the time they travelled independently with just Claudio, the cameraman, on another motor-bike.. The support crew was small and the riders only met up with them every few days; the crew are important to the story but their presence is unobtrusive.
Nordic Yachting, A Tale of Two Passions Told with Humour and Wit
Griff Rhys Jones shows both his comic and writing skills in this story of four months and three thousand miles sailing in and around the Baltic and North East Europe.
The story starts with Griff and three companions taking his1950s wooden yacht Undina straight out of a boat yard where its restoration had been barely finished. No shakedown cruise to find any snags. They motor clear of the shallow Essex creeks and head into the Thames and set out to cross the North Sea to Germany for a classic yacht regatta. They then plan to cruise the Baltic and visit St Petersburg.
Bob is Griff’s long time friend and sailing partner who is not really competent despite all the experience and courses he has done. For most of the journey they are joined by Baines who is a craftsman and technician who loves finding jobs that need doing on the boat: anything from woodwork to electrical. Not surprisingly with the hurried departure there are plenty of things to keep him occupied. Bob's frequently worried, occasionally panicked, friend Rick forms the rest of the initial crew.
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