Three Men in a Float: Across England at 15 Mph [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Kieran, Dan; Vince, Ian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1848540159 ISBN 13: 9781848540156

Casa editrice: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

With a top speed of 15 miles per hour and fuel efficiency of a penny a mile, a decommissioned milk float is the ideal vehicle for an epic journey between England's most easterly and westerly points. After planning the entire trip on the back of a beer mat, buying a 1958 decommissioned milk float on eBay, and charging its tired batteries, the team set off from Lowestoft to Lands End. On the way, they discovered that their float needs to charge for eight hours for every two hours it spends on the road. Relying on the milk of human kindness, they were at the mercy of strangers every night, sometimes even using other people's cookers just to keep the show on the road. En route, they were treated to tea and rock cakes by the Vice President of the Women's Institutes, succeeded in blacking out a Cornish campsite while charging their float (now dubbed The Mighty One), stayed with the monks at Buckfast Abbey where they undertook a vow of silence, and drove 500 miles to Tintagel, the birth place of King Arthur, only to find it had closed?all in the name of discovering lost England. You may be thinking: why on earth don't these men drive a car like normal people? But this is no ordinary journey. This is an eccentric odyssey through the English countryside. Three Men in a Float is about all things English and the pleasure to be had if you are prepared to slow down, get out of your car, and go off the beaten track.

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Brilliant

(Daily Mail )

'A lovely story'

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'Slow travel and much hilarity result'

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'Absolutely enchanting and delightfully absurd'

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Descrizione del libro:

With a top speed of 15 miles per hour and fuel efficiency of a penny a mile, a decommissioned milk float is the ideal vehicle for an epic journey between England's most easterly and westerly points

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• Editore: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848540159
• ISBN 13: 9781848540156
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278