Cycling to the Ashes - A Cricketing Odyssey From London to Brisbane

One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos ... Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India. Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who''s ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.

Product details

• Authors: Oli Broom
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9780224091879
• ISBN: 978-0-224-09187-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm