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Cycling to the Ashes: a cricketing odyssey from London to Brisbane

By Broom , Oli

Book information

Publisher
Random House;Yellow Jersey
Year
2013
ISBN
9781448114382, 9780224091879, 1448114381
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9180684 bytes)
Pages
(364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages) : colour illustrat
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Bicycle touring;Cricket;Humour;SPORTS & RECREATIONOli -- TravelOli;Broom

Description

One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos . Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India. Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.

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