Cycling Home From Siberia
$39.85
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
It is late October, and the temperature is already 40C…My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.
In 2004 Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped with only a bike and a healthy dose of fear. Cycling Home from Siberia recounts his epic three-and-a-half year, 48,000-kilometre journey back to England via the foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340979860 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340979860 |
| Author: | Rob Lilwall |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Hodder Faith |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 275g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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I’m not sure Rob Lilwall knows it, but he has penned a two-wheeled classic. I wanted to rise up singing and strap on my bicycle clips. - The Guardian - Kevin Rushby
Lilwall has a wonderful ability to inspire trust in his readers. - The GuardianLilwall’s story is a remarkable one … enhanced by the fact that he has a writer’s skill for conveying a sense of place. - The Sunday TelegraphA rite of passage adventure, full of thrills, excitement and endurance tests. - Irish TimesNot only describes different countries and their peoples, but also delves into the human heart. - Woman Alive - Amy Boucher PyeA real adventure story. - The Baptist TimesRob Lilwall is such a transparently decent, honest and likeable bloke that it is difficult not to become involved in the highs and lows of his journey. 7⁄10. - Times Educational Supplement - Martin SpiceAbout The Author
Rob Lilwall
Rob Lilwall is a writer, adventurer, theology student and motivational speaker, who regularly transfixes audiences with tales from his 48,000-kilometre journey by bike from Siberia to England. Rob has written about his journey for magazines and journals worldwide. In 2004 Rob gave up his job as a geography teacher in London and set off around the world with nothing but a bike and a healthy dose of fear… around three years later he arrived home, with some remarkable stories to tell.
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