As Far As We Can
A Journey from Barnsley to Australia and Back
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
Published:13th May '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
It's 1973. There are industrial disputes in the coal mines and on the railways, and an impending three-day week for workers. Meanwhile in Barnsley, three young working-class men meet in a local pub to discuss plans to travel 'as far as they can go'. They buy maps, stock up on tinned food, club together their savings to buy a second-hand camper van, and set off to the other side of the world. They plan to follow their road maps overland to India and then board a ship for Australia, find work, save up again and come back the other way.
'Mike's writing is really vivid and I felt that I was on the journey with him; there's a real skill in telling a tale in such an immediate way, and Mike Padgett certainly has that skill.' – Ian McMillan; 'Here is a book about wonderment, adventure and meeting people. It's about common decency, nous, how you deal with what you encounter along the way and above all loyalty and friendship. Mike Padgett wrote this book for his friends and family and for the generations coming up. In that way the journey and the story continue and that is as good a reason for writing a book as I know. It's a noble thing to do.' – Ian Clayton
ISBN: 9781839755156
Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 19mm
Weight: 363g
330 pages