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First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover by Tim Slessor (Paperback, 2005)
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Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no-one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle-clad mountains of Assam and across northern Burma to Thailand and Malaya. Over the last 3,000 miles it seemed there were just too many rivers and too few roads . But no-one really knew...In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, no nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work wheedling and cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. Then they gently persuaded Rovers to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off. Seven months and 12,000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore to flash-bulbs and champagne. Now, fifty years on, their bestselling book, First Overland, is republished with an introduction by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film.Product Identifiers
PublisherSignal Books LTD
ISBN-139781904955146
eBay Product ID (ePID)89698253
Product Key Features
Publication Year2005
TopicTravel Writing
Book TitleFirst Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorTim Slessor
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height203 mm
Item Weight400 g
Item Width133 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTim Slessor
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- 14 Aug, 2019
Amazing read.
Completely engaging and full of interesting facts to get the mind active. This book makes you want to start your own adventure and inspires the explorer in you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 Jul, 2021
Expedition of A Lifetime
Excellent book on travel to Singapore and back again using Land Rovers. Impossible now due to problems in many countries along the way, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Persia and France.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Feb, 2025
Quality item ...
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- 09 Apr, 2023
Great adventure
Well written, hard to put down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
