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Sto caricando le informazioni... Three Men in a Float: Across England at 15 mphdi Dan Kieran
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Three men drive across the country in a milk float (a battery power milk delivery vehicle, for those who aren't quite sure what I mean). Funny and entertaining , and full of stories of their trials and tribulations. They did stop overnight at a pub a few minutes from where one of my sons lives Bought 04 Dec 10 (charity shop) Ostensibly one of those amusing wacky travel books, this time about driving across England from East to West in a milk float, like the best amusing travel books, this has depth provided by the relationships between the three travellers, and Dan and Ian's meditations on England, society and the value of "slow travel". This made it a satisfying as well as a funny read. I'll be offering it on a BookCrossing bookring. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
With a top speed of 15 miles per hour and fuel efficiency of a penny a mile, a decommissioned milk float is the ideal vehicle for an epic journey between England's most easterly and westerly points. After planning the entire trip on the back of a beer mat, buying a 1958 decommissioned milk float on eBay, and charging its tired batteries, the team set off from Lowestoft to Lands End. On the way, they discovered that their float needs to charge for eight hours for every two hours it spends on the road. Relying on the milk of human kindness, they were at the mercy of strangers every night, sometimes even using other people's cookers just to keep the show on the road. En route, they were treated to tea and rock cakes by the vice president of the Women's Institutes, succeeded in blacking out a Cornish campsite while charging their float (now dubbed The Mighty One), stayed with the monks at Buckfast Abbey where they undertook a vow of silence ,and, drove 500 miles to Tintagel, the birth place of King Arthur, only to find it had closed--all in the name of discovering lost England. You may be thinking: why on earth don't these men drive a car like normal people? But this is no ordinary journey. This is an eccentric odyssey through the English countryside. Three Men in a Float is about all things English and the pleasure to be had if you are prepared to slow down, get out of your car, and go off the beaten track. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)914.20486History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe England and Wales Travel 1837- Victoria & Windsors 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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