Long Way Down
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After watching Top Gear and seeing cycling come out on top, I then watched Long way Down, where they showed a bit more respect to the cyclist!
Bumping into two cycling expeditions when in the middle of nowhere in Sudan.
Bumping into two cycling expeditions when in the middle of nowhere in Sudan.
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It is a really dangerous programme and I don't approve of it.
It's November, it's dark at night, it's Sunday, it's the day before Monday. Instead of packing your briefcase and sharpening your pencils, there you sit watching a couple of blokes having a blokey adventure with lots of cool toys like helmet cameras and tents and stuff.
As you watch, you start comparing your current circumstances with those of the blokes and you decide that you, too, should be on an adventure. Then your wife and family catch you gazing lustfully at your panniers and leafing through the Atlas and then you're in so much trouble.
These men are bad role models for family life, a danger to the economy and nothing but trouble.
My advice is Don't Watch! Look away now! It's better that way.0 -
The guy they met on his own was Jason Lewis.
I liked the camp site couple in a previous show who cooked them dinner and talked about their own epic journeys.
Hey kids, pneumatic is right. Motorbikes are worse than drugs, and the addiction NEVER GOES AWAY!!! Even when it's some rich geezers on Beemers - those first on-bike shots riding from John O'Groats brought it all back. I'd mortgage the kids... if I could get anything for 'em.
No, just get a car and everything will be allright.
(that's a joke BTW)Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
I'm not enjoying this series as much as the Long way round.
Seems to be much more 'produced' and instead of just being met at the borders by the team cars, it appears they are accompanied by them pretty much everywhere.
Precious little helmet camera footage, and diary camera stuff is far and few between.
I don't know why they strayed away from the previous format.
They also seem to be rushing through it - 36 (?) days covered in 3 episodes is it?
Apart from that, it is still good entertainment, just not as well done IMHO as the first one.
Maybe it will improve!
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pneumatic wrote:It is a really dangerous programme and I don't approve of it.
It's November, it's dark at night, it's Sunday, it's the day before Monday. Instead of packing your briefcase and sharpening your pencils, there you sit watching a couple of blokes having a blokey adventure with lots of cool toys like helmet cameras and tents and stuff.
As you watch, you start comparing your current circumstances with those of the blokes and you decide that you, too, should be on an adventure. Then your wife and family catch you gazing lustfully at your panniers and leafing through the Atlas and then you're in so much trouble.
These men are bad role models for family life, a danger to the economy and nothing but trouble.
My advice is Don't Watch! Look away now! It's better that way.
I totally agree. Wish I had 3 months spare and a wodge of cash to go on a jaunt, not on a motorbike though, just pedal power.
How do people like Jason Lewis fund 9 years worth of travelling round the world? Ok the actual movement is self propelled, but there is still 9 years worth of food and drink, not to mention visas, bungs to "ensure his safety" and replacement kit.0 -
I just finished "Discovery Road" by Andy Brown and Tim Garratt. They financed their year-long cycle trip across Australia, Africa and South America by ditching their jobs, splitting up with their partners, selling their houses and going overdrawn. They came back with nothing except the inner resources that the trip had given them. Both are now happy and successful, by the look of things.
It's a good read. However, I will not be passing it on to Mrs Pneumatic! She's nervous enough about my fascination with Long Way Down!0 -
pneumatic wrote:I just finished "Discovery Road" by Andy Brown and Tim Garratt. They financed their year-long cycle trip across Australia, Africa and South America by ditching their jobs, splitting up with their partners, selling their houses and going overdrawn. They came back with nothing except the inner resources that the trip had given them. Both are now happy and successful, by the look of things.
It's a good read. However, I will not be passing it on to Mrs Pneumatic! She's nervous enough about my fascination with Long Way Down!
I can see how that works, sell up, spend the money, write a book and make loads of money......
however, I think I'd be flooding the market if I tried something like that, plus the book would be crap!0 -
I definitely recommend reading the book. I finished it last week (ending was a bit obvious) but you do get a much better insight as to what went on.
Having said that even the book didn't seem to go into as much detail as 'Long Way Round' or even 'Race to Dakar'.0
