travelogue

RealClassic Reading: Going The Wrong Way

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RowenaH

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14th February 2021

Part travelogue, part coming of age adventure, this book explores the physical and inner journeys of a young man who left Belfast aboard a café racer Moto Guzzi in the early 1970s… In part this book was irritating because the author did his big trip when he was 21 and 21 year old males are…
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RealClassic Reading: adventure riding!

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RowenaH

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6th December 2020

Regular readers of the magazine will be familiar with the (mis)adventures of Nick Adams as he explores the byways and back-roads of northern Canada – usually on vaguely inappropriate elderly motorcycles. Nick captures the untamed landscapes through which he rides alone – often without meeting another human being for days on end – and shares…
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Lois On The Loose

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RowenaH

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8th February 2018

A modern-day motorcycle adventurer, Lois Pryce has crossed continents and survived all manner of mayhem to tell the tale — in fact, to tell three tales. Roger Slater has endured sleepless nights, reading her books… One of my ways of judging a good book is observing how far along the page marker is. If I…
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