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"One Man Caravan" by Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Caravan-I.../dp/1884313051
"This adventurous work records Robert Edison Fulton's solo round-the-world tour on a two-cylinder Douglas motorcycle between July, 1932 and December, 1933. First published in 1937."
An absolutely amazing story. Well worth reading. After being out of print for decades, it was recently re-published with some additional photos. I can't recommend it enough.
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Thank you! I've been on the fence about this one. I looked for the Kindle version just now and it doesn't appear to be available. Hmmmm...
I've also gotten recommendations for Elseph Beard's Lone Rider. Having seen the recent interviews with her on MCN's YouTube channel, she seems like a very good storyteller.
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As I Walked Out One Misummer Morning
This is a memoir by Lauri Lee. It tells how the young author leaves the security of his Cotswold village in Gloucestershire to start a new life, at the same time embarking on an epic journey by foot.
In 1934 Lee walks to London and survives by playing the violin and labouring on a building site. As work dries up he scrapes enough money to raise a passage to Vigo in Spain, from where he tramps for a year to the south, eventually he is trapped by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
I first read it nearly 50 years ago and it inspired me.
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Robert Byron - The Road to Oxiana (personal favourite)
Eric Newby - A Short Walk In The Hindukush
Wilfred Thesiger - Arabian Sands
Colin Thubron - Among The Russians / Lost Heart Of Asia
Travels of Ibn Batutah
Michael Palin - Around The World In 80 Days / Pole To Pole
Peter Hopkirk - The Great Game
Mungo Park - Travels To The Interior Of Africa
To name but a few...
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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.
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Robert Byron - The Road to Oxiana (personal favourite)
Eric Newby - A Short Walk In The Hindukush
Wilfred Thesiger - Arabian Sands
Colin Thubron - Among The Russians / Lost Heart Of Asia
Travels of Ibn Batutah
Michael Palin - Around The World In 80 Days / Pole To Pole
Peter Hopkirk - The Great Game
Mungo Park - Travels To The Interior Of Africa
To name but a few...
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Woah, I'm very glad that I asked. Thank you both
By the way, I took a look at your blog and I am already beginning to dive in. Fantastic site.
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Different sorts of books can inspire ... we have a few that are Motorcycle based, others are just great yarns. Films come into play as well.
Bruce Brown's On Any Sunday (1971) was a major inspiration for millions of young motorcyclists, mostly USA based. I saw the film and took up Flat Track racing ... at age 14!  (I did not go far)
Easy Rider also got the worlds's attention. Hundreds of tacky biker movies from the 60's ... but none came close to Easy Rider. A classic.
I read a lot when on the road in the 70's (mostly none bike travel).
I stumbled upon Simon's Jupiter's Travels I read it in around 1986 ... it still holds up strong today.
Turns out Ted and I were in S. America at the same time (sometime in 1975)
Nope, never ran into him!
Also liked Austin Vince's books from his two films: Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa. Of course the films are better as they came first, books came as addendum's. But the books aren't bad ... Austin is a funny guy!
One favorite author that brought inspiration to travel was Henry Miller. He wrote Tropic of Cancer in 1934. Controversial at the time and banned in USA and elsewhere.
Other Favorites:
The Alexandria Quartet - Laurence Durrell
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Easy Rider also got the worlds's attention. Hundreds of tacky biker movies from the 60's ... but none came close to Easy Rider. A classic.
I read a lot when on the road in the 70's (mostly none bike travel).
I stumbled upon Simon's Jupiter's Travels I read it in around 1986 ... it still holds up strong today.
Turns out Ted and I were in S. America at the same time (sometime in 1975)
Nope, never ran into him!
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Easy Rider certainly rang the bell for me. At the time it was just the bikes, music, travel, hippy peace and love lifestyle that appealed but I must have watched it 20 times since - last time a few months ago - and I see more and more 'philosophy' in it. That's what comes of watching it sober these days
Ted and I were biking on opposite side of the Mediterranean back in '73 when he set off but he didn't wave.  When Jupiter's Travels came out it was a real game changer for me. No longer the 'Darkest Africa' of Stanley and Livingstone that school had left me with or the sheet of sandpaper as a map of the Sahara, but somewhere you could actually go to yourself. All you had to do was get on the road and keep going. And that's still the case, give or take a bit of politics, today.
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Elspeth Beard - Lone Rider
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I've also gotten recommendations for Elseph Beard's Lone Rider. Having seen the recent interviews with her on MCN's YouTube channel, she seems like a very good storyteller.
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Plus 1 for this book. Amazing way she portrays her journey. It's not just about the riding or destinations. It describes the personal issues travelling as a lone female in a man's world (as it was deemed back then). the break downs (both bike and relationships), working, harassment, extortion etc...
I read it in 2 days.
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Plus 1 for this book. Amazing way she portrays her journey. It's not just about the riding or destinations. It describes the personal issues travelling as a lone female in a man's world (as it was deemed back then). the break downs (both bike and relationships), working, harassment, extortion etc...
I read it in 2 days. 
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Agreed there. Riding and destinations are fine, but articulating the experience and how it affects you is where the depth of the writing comes into focus.
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Agreed there. Riding and destinations are fine, but articulating the experience and how it affects you is where the depth of the writing comes into focus.
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Which rather neatly encapsulates the dire condition of many blogs about riding motorcycles that are churned out these days.
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Which rather neatly encapsulates the dire condition of many blogs about riding motorcycles that are churned out these days.
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It takes a writer to write a decent blog
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For example:-
https://www.writerswrite.com/authorblogs/
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I recognize some of those authors. Very nice.
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