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As Far As We Can Mike Padgett

As Far As We Can By Mike Padgett

As Far As We Can by Mike Padgett

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Summary

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.

As Far As We Can Summary

As Far As We Can: A Journey from Barnsley to Australia and Back by Mike Padgett

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.

As Far As We Can Reviews

'Mike's writing is really vivid and I felt that I was on the journey with him; there's a real skill in telling a tale in such an immediate way, and Mike Padgett certainly has that skill.' - Ian McMillan; 'Here is a book about wonderment, adventure and meeting people. It's about common decency, nous, how you deal with what you encounter along the way and above all loyalty and friendship. Mike Padgett wrote this book for his friends and family and for the generations coming up. In that way the journey and the story continue and that is as good a reason for writing a book as I know. It's a noble thing to do.' - Ian Clayton

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

GOR012153135
9781839755156
1839755156
As Far As We Can: A Journey from Barnsley to Australia and Back by Mike Padgett
Mike Padgett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
20210513
330
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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