As Far As We Can

A Journey from Barnsley to Australia and Back

Mike Padgett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

330 Seiten

2021
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83975-515-6 (ISBN)

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A travel memoir telling the story of how three working-class lads set off on a journey from Barnsley to Australia in a converted van in 1973.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2021
Zusatzinfo	1 black and white illustration
Verlagsort	Claygate
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien
ISBN-10	1-83975-515-6 / 1839755156
ISBN-13	978-1-83975-515-6 / 9781839755156
Zustand	Neuware