Pass storming in the Lakes, on a 1930s roadster

JackT · Post by **JackT** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:12 am

Nick Crane showing how it's done: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f0lrr

And that he's still got the mad skillz from his days riding to the 'centre of the earth', up Kilimanjaro and across the Atlas Mountains.

jameso · Post by **jameso** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:48 am

Brilliant, off out for a ride in the 'snow' and will watch this with a brew later, thanks Jack.

BigdummySteve · Post by **BigdummySteve** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:49 am

Cheers

great watch.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:09 pm

Watch both series if you can get hold of them, they are really interesting programs. Stu told me about them and they are great to watch i think theres 8 episodes in each.

GregMay · Post by **GregMay** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:19 pm

How very interesting :)

Seems like a chap that'd be quite interesting to sit down and have a chat with.

Jurassic pusher · Post by **Jurassic pusher** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:14 pm

A great episode, well worth watching.
TYPE 2 "fun" in places, may want to get those brakes looked at though!

pistonbroke · Post by **pistonbroke** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:15 pm

I've recently finished reading Clear Waters Rising, his account of walking alone from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul along the watershed of Europe. It's one of the few books I keep re-reading, written 25 years ago, he visits parts of Europe which haven't changed for centuries, people living a peasant existance in the mountains of Northern Spain, the Balkans and Carpathians. Well worth a read if you can find a copy. It explains his habit of going everywhere with an umbrella.

Pirahna · Post by **Pirahna** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:23 pm

pistonbroke wrote:I've recently finished reading Clear Waters Rising, his account of walking alone from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul along the watershed of Europe. It's one of the few books I keep re-reading, written 25 years ago, he visits parts of Europe which haven't changed for centuries, people living a peasant existance in the mountains of Northern Spain, the Balkans and Carpathians. Well worth a read if you can find a copy. It explains his habit of going everywhere with an umbrella.

Plenty available on Amazon, I've just ordered a copy. Thanks for the recommendation.

JohnClimber · Post by **JohnClimber** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:26 pm

Cheers, enjoyed that.
Will watch the others when the wife has her poor show on TV

GregMay · Post by **GregMay** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:35 pm

Copy ordered, thanks!

whitestone · Post by **whitestone** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:13 am

I remember seeing that when it was originally broadcast.

Some creative camera work at the ford

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:26 am

I've recently finished reading Clear Waters Rising,

Perhaps strangely, that's the only one of his books I'm unable to get on with. Seems to be written in a very different style to Atlas Biker, Journey to the centre, etc.

RIP · Post by **RIP** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:00 pm

"unable to get on with.... CWR" - agreed. Although also off the bike, "Two Degrees West" is more offbeat, and its premise sets him up for various interesting encounters. Much closer to my bikepacking 'philosophy' - embrace the absurd and the serendip. I'd like one of those craftsman-made brollies of his. Although this'd probably be better for BP:

jameso · Post by **jameso** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:05 pm

Bearbonesnorm wrote:
I've recently finished reading Clear Waters Rising,
Perhaps strangely, that's the only one of his books I'm unable to get on with. Seems to be written in a very different style to Atlas Biker, Journey to the centre, etc.

Same here, but maybe I should go back to it. Didn't finish it first time round but it's as much about what I want to read at the time as the book.

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:50 pm

I had the pleasure of doing some filming and an article with him for 'World' Magazine some while ago. It was sea kayaking based and we paddled round Holy Island , Anglesey, his first time sea kayaking. He was absolutely at home just like he had been kayaking for years. He is exactly like you see him on TV, a genuinely interesting character, but with the tinge of being extremely comfortable on his own. I seem to remember him travelling light and the umbrella cam along too. He didn't want to talk about his exploits, always changing the conversation back to our kayaking expeditions.

techno · Post by **techno** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:49 am

Pirahna wrote:
pistonbroke wrote:I've recently finished reading Clear Waters Rising, his account of walking alone from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul along the watershed of Europe. It's one of the few books I keep re-reading, written 25 years ago, he visits parts of Europe which haven't changed for centuries, people living a peasant existance in the mountains of Northern Spain, the Balkans and Carpathians. Well worth a read if you can find a copy. It explains his habit of going everywhere with an umbrella.
Plenty available on Amazon, I've just ordered a copy. Thanks for the recommendation.

The rush of sales has pushed the price of this up from £1 to £12 on Amazon!

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