Achieved!
Until January 2018 I read very few books with most of my reading material coming from articles on the Internet! However I’ve enjoyed reading books throughout 2018 and regular reading is something I am going to continue.
Not surprising that most of these have been travel books… I tried a couple of ‘chick lit’ type fiction books but didn’t really find them too inspiring or exciting. For me, they were a bit of a slog to get through and I could take them or leave them.
This is the full list:
- Kamikazi Kangaroos! 20,000 Miles Around Australia. One Van, Two Girls… And An Idiot by Tony James Slater
- Just Off For A Walk (South West Coast Path) by Stephen Reynolds
- No Wrong Turns: Cycling the World, Part One: Paris to Sydney by Chris Pountney
- Travels with Rachael: In Search of South America by George Mahood
- Balancing on Blue (Appalacian Trail) by Keith Foskett
- The Long and Whining Road (around the world by camper van) by Simeon Courtie
- Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
- Lone Rider (female motorcycle around the world) by Elspeth Beard
- High and Low (hiking around Scotland) by Keith Foskett
- Together by Julie Cohen
- Five Years From Now by Giovanna Fletcher
- Moods of Future Joys: Around the World by bike Part 1 by Alastair Humphreys
- What Happened That Night by Sheila O’Flanagan
- The Little Princess by Casey Watson
- Thunder and Sunshine: Around the World by bike Part 2 by Alastair Humphreys
- Cycling the World Part 2: Into the Sunrise, Sydney to Mori by Chris Pountney
- Grand Adventures by Alastair Humphreys
- Walk Sleep Repeat by Stephen Reynolds
- Step by Step: The Life in my Journeys by Simon Reeve
- It’s on the Meter: One taxi, Three Mates and 43,000 Miles of Misadventure Around the World by Paul Archer and Johno Ellison
- My Life with Che by Aleida March
- The Bolivian Diary by Ernesto Che Guevara
I enjoyed all of the adventure books which makes up most of this list! Books with real people having amazing adventures around the world from Keith Foskett’s long distance hiking to journey’s in camper vans, motorbikes and even a taxi! In particular I would recommend Simon Reeve’s book (no. 19) and the Alastair Humphreys cycle adventure books. These were the well written exciting books I found hard to put down although all have given me plenty of inspiration for future adventures!