Pack Your Bags and Get Out! - Softcover

Clarke, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956299342 ISBN 13: 9780956299345

Publisher: Bronwyn Editions, 2010

Synopsis

A 3,000 mile motorcycle journey around the coast of Great Britain including Land's End and John O Groats during the wettest June on record, 2007. The author faces strong opposition from his wife for having bought a new bike and daring such an adventurous trip at his age: hence the title. Dave does it anyway. He describes his life since childhood and up to that point in a series of flashbacks that he reflects upon in every chapter, as well as the high and low points of the current journey.The reader does not know if Dave will still be happily married when he gets back.

About this title

From the Author

This is the true story of a meandering trip around the coast of Great Britain I made on the mighty Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic. A testing expedition of enlightenment and fulfilment that I started on 17th June and finished on 29th June 2007. That memorable ride acts as a catalyst for a further journey back through time starting in the mid fifties to present day. I battled the worst wet weather conditions on record for those twelve days in June as I recalled memories of a lifetime long gone, some good, some not so good as I travelled alone over thousands of miles on often empty roads. I recalled the early days of my childhood and school years, then onto my teens and first motorbikes, a young marriage, with all of the hardships, prejudice and trials we faced along the way. Our first faltering steps as we found and furnished our first homes together.
Some of the journeys and holidays we undertook, the initial disaster of becoming self employed and finally...
Well, you will have to read the book to find out!

Edition details

• Publisher: Bronwyn Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956299342
• ISBN 13: 9780956299345
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Morris Bernadette