Long Way Round

On the Lifestyle channel on Foxtel.

long way round
Australian Premiere
Wednesdays at 8.30pm from 30 November
Follow Hollywood star Ewan McGregor and actor Charley Boorman on a three
month motorcycle trip where they battle through inhospitable terrain,
overcome atrocious weather, and attempt to bridge cultural divides.

 

Watch out for the cheap Chinese-made bike - worth a laugh. Not sure
about the bridging of cultural divides, though ...
- sanbar

 

Made easier thanks to the presence of a large support team...

 

Wasn't that large and they weren't allowed to aid.
Next?

 

Tossers. Spent the whole time being tailgated by a Tarago.

-----sharks

 

They did it alright, but man they took a whole lot of extra shit they really
didn't need. I got sick of them complaining about how heavy the bike was
with all the gear on it. If they had of actually thought it through and
packed lightweight gear and cut some of the useless shit they'd be in far
better shape to deal with the roads they had to go through.

 

Of course, we all travel with GPS, Satellite phones, support vehicles, a
film crew, someone to handle necessary paperwork and a doctor. Don't we?...

 

Silly me. Forgot to also mention the mechanic, spare parts, tyres and
fuel...

 

Can't wait for your vid then
G-day M8

 

doesn't everyone<grin>

 

Let's not forget iPods and the flashest brand-new bikes money can buy!

-----sharks

 

What are all those things you mentioned?

Theo

 

I wouldn't have let that doctor anywhere near me. Seems as though most
of the time *he* was the patient.
- sanbar

 

Nope: http://www.cynthia.boxerman.co.uk/

-----sharks

 

Not a large support team, and not a constant support team, and
regardless how much help they had I still envy them as much as if they'd
had none. I'm sure they've inspired countless riders who've read the
book or watched the series to actually start seriously thinking about
such a trip. I know after I read each chapter in the book and watched
each episode on the DVD I got out maps and started planning the places
I'd go and the path I'd take. They've also done what noone else has
really done before them by bringing adventure riding to the mainstream
public and giving them a riding experience on a much wider scale than
was possible screening Alby Mangels home movies in the local town hall.


Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Don't forget the pda with the several hundred ebooks and 20 or 30 cards
worth of shrunk movies!


G-S

 

And Russell Coight to help set up bush camp!!

DJ

 

Who said anything about suffering?

 

Give me Alby Mangels' World Safari or the world trip by Peter "Bear"
Thoeming or Dave Barr's world travels anyday. They didn't need
babysitters. Christ, Dave Barr didn't even need legs.

 

As far as I'm aware they still rode all that way themselves. Pretty damn
good for a bunch of amatuers who planned it all in under 6 months.

justAL