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This is the story of their trip, of the riotous people, animals and events that helpfully or unhelpfully got in the way, an hilarious, engaging and genuinely witty account of oddball, upper clas Englishmen and a diminutive Irish girl descending into the scorching, steaming and smoking remains of former Empire,with only the World Cup as their beacon.
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Book Description
In October 1994, Red Walsh from the west coast of Ireland, British cavalry officer George Wilson-Fitzgerald, photographer Emma Tindal and author and journalist Charles Jacoby set off from London to drive to the Rugby World Cup in Africa. It was a journey taking seven months over 16,000 miles, and taking them through swamps and deserts. This is the story of their trip, of the helpful and unhelpful people, animals and events that they encountered. It is an account of oddball, upper-class Englishmen and a diminutive Irish girl descending into the scorching remains of the former Empire, with only the World Cup as their beacon. Book Dimension: length: (cm)19.6 width:(cm)10.7 目录:
Part I
1 The Arrival 2 Cheese and Honey 3 High Atlas Interlude 4 Heat and Dust 5 Nancy 6 The Elephants 7 Advent 8 Christmas 9 Crime and Passion 10 Ndu to Aru 11 The Heathens 12 Team Talk Part II 13 The Horrible Tom 14 A Month in the Country 15 A Night on the Town 16 The Kenya Safari Rally 17 Langers' Ghost 18 The Vultures 19 The Crunchies 20 David 21 Postscript Acknowledgements Picture Credits |