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It starts with a football match but it’s not a football story. On emerging from a period of delirium, Steve finds himself in hospital with his father at his bedside but absolutely no idea of what has happened. Nevertheless, what begins is a worldwide journey through the memories of a man from the first generation [...]
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Virgin on Insanity: Coming of age on the world’s toughest mountains
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Flung off the corporate hamster wheel by impending redundancy, Alice decided to carpe that diem and sign up for the longest bike race on earth, 8000 miles from Cairo to Cape Town. Under-trained and over-optimistic she set off with 62 fellow lycra-clad racers to tackle the adventure of a lifetime.Having imagined a leisurely ride across [...]
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Vague Direction: A 12,000 mile bicycle ride, and the meaning of life
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Alone in his tiny kayak, Brian Wilson set off on an 1800-mile adventure around Scotland’s grand cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, fearsome sea passages and Hebridean islands. The story of this journey is told in Blazing Paddles: A Scottish Coastal Odyssey,