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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 29 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Jacqui Furneaux. |
| Summary |
Following the breakdown of her marriage, 50-year-old Jacqui Furneaux set off on a seven-year, round-the-world adventure on a 500cc Royal Enfield Bullet. She travelled both solo and with company, covering 42,000 miles and 20 countries. This awe-inspiring and moving book about one woman's motorcycle adventures is for anyone still holding back from taking a risk and pursuing their dreams. Here's what Sump Magazine had to say: "40,000 kilometres, 20 countries, 7 years, one Royal Enfield motorcycle, and no plan; this is the story of Jacqui Furneaux's epic ride across the Far East, through much of Australia, a small piece of New Zealand, across the Pacific to Central America, north through the USA into Canada, and then back to the UK. Yes, the world is filled with travel books, and there are more than a couple of motorcycle travel books out there in the wild (Jupiter's Travels; One Man Caravan; Rugged Road, etc). Nevertheless, everyone's story is a different adventure, and some are way more adventurous than the next-and this book clearly falls in the latter category. An ex-nurse and a long time motorcyclist, Jacqui Furneaux left the UK in 2000 and travelled by plane to India where she collected a brand new 500cc Royal Enfield Bullet. She was fifty years old. What followed was a daring, scary, comedic, romantic, stubborn, dramatic, violent, death-defying and often lonely journey armed with her obvious wit, her natural resilience, yards of self-reliance, a bag of tools, a spare can of petrol, a few changes of clothes, around £300 per month and a large knife. On the journey, Furneaux faced (and faced down) amorous brothel keepers, ruthless pirates, mad drivers, madder sailors, wild animals, and any number of other hazards that are all part of a day's ride for the average global motorcycle trekker. The writing is "immediate" and "everyday", meaning that it reads like the diary it is. So forget any pretence at literature-and we say that without a hint of criticism. The voice is just right. The tone is spot on. And you feel that you couldn't get closer to the adventure unless you were riding pillion. We haven't read the entire book. We've read only extracts. Nevertheless, we can smell the petrol and the oil and the hot rubber. We've already got sand in our ears, road dust in our eyes, mosquito bites everywhere and an aching in our bellies for an adventure of our own. Jacqui Furneaux is currently back in the UK, no doubt rebuilding her life and perhaps even planning the next long ride into the unknown. There's still time. Here at Sump, we can't but help admire people who do things like this. On the one hand, we think they're pretty stupid and irresponsible risking their lives on these harebrained jaunts into the third world, and beyond. But on the other hand, we only wish that we were able to be this stupid. Riders such as Jacqui Furneaux really know how to live, and you can only do that when you risk everything you have and live for the moment. And what a moment." |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Furneaux, Jacqui -- Travel.
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Motorcycle touring.
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Voyages around the world.
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| Added Author |
Furneaux, Jacqui, Narrator
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780956430595 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0956430597 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14316328 |
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