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I'm not sure Rob Lilwall knows it, but he has penned a two-wheeled classic. I wanted to rise up singing and strap on my bicycle clips.
(The Guardian )Lilwall has a wonderful ability to inspire trust in his readers
(The Guardian )Lilwall's story is a remarkable one...enhanced by the fact that he has a writer's skill for conveying a sense of place.
(The Sunday Telegraph )A rite of passage adventure, full of thrills, excitement and endurance tests
(The Irish Times )Rob Lilwall is such a transparently decent, honest and likeable bloke that it is difficult not to become involved in the highs and lows of his journey...Ever since Odysseus, the traveller has returned home to find himself wiser and more fulfilled than when he departed. Rob Lilwall is no exception.
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'It is late October, and the temperature is already -40C...My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.'
In 2004 Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with a bike and a healthy dose of fear. CYCLING HOME FROM SIBERIA recounts his epic three and a half year, 30,000 mile journey back to England via the forboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone and Afghanistan's war-torn Hindu Kush.
A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey giving a poignant insight into life on the road in some of the world's toughest corners.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OK, I'm also a committed non-Christian but this book is great. The 'faith' aspects do not detract from what was clearly an epic adventure and in no way spoiled it for me. If anything, I knew about these before starting the book and was releived the author had not over-egged this aspect.
You'll have to look very hard indeed to find someone - believer or non-believer - this adventurous who can also write about it in such an engaging way and on that basis alone, it is an absolutely fantastic book. Buy it, i couldn;t put it down.
You'll have to look very hard indeed to find someone - believer or non-believer - this adventurous who can also write about it in such an engaging way and on that basis alone, it is an absolutely fantastic book. Buy it, i couldn;t put it down.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cycling Home From Siberia is a genuinely exciting and inspirational tale of Rob Lilwall's adventure cycling home to London from the wilds of Siberia.
Packed with fascinitating insights to the places, cultures and people he met along the way, this is a hugely riveting and personal account of his journey.
Hard to put down, I look forward to his next adventure!
Packed with fascinitating insights to the places, cultures and people he met along the way, this is a hugely riveting and personal account of his journey.
Hard to put down, I look forward to his next adventure!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Rob Lilwall's tale of his 35,000 mile adventure on a bike makes compulsive reading. His descriptions of both the extraordinary things that happened to him together with the fascinating and the so generous people that came to his aid come alive on every page.
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a good read!
A well written book giving a good insight into experiences in different countries and cultures. Really enjoyed reading it and motivated me to do more cycling!
Published 1 month ago by al
An inspiring adventure
A friend bought me Rob Lilwall's Cycling Home from Siberia for my birthday, and it has been a good read, which should appeal far more widely than simply to those who like bikes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Matthew Hosier
fantastic book with Romans
I really enjoyed this book could not put this book down. well written and a most remarkable achievement top shelf for this one.
Published 1 month ago by sifi
An honest, powerful account
This is an honest and powerful account of a great old-fashioned adventure. From the predictably sub-zero temperatures of Siberia to the dangerous wilds of Indonesia, Rob just keeps... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tim Moss
Inspiring epic and humbling
As a cyclist of long standing and a great fan of books by Anne Mustoe and Jose Dew; I was keen to read this book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Barbara
I didn't finish it
I'm sorry Rob, I didn't think it was a good read. It's not the religion (which didn't bother me at all but clearly bothers a lot of people on this review site), I just think Rob... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Anna
A fantastic journey beautifully told
I'm sure that such an epic journey has long periods of tedium. Cycling 800 miles across the arid and featureless Nullabor Plain in South Australia must have been mind numbing at... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr Huw Williams
Go along for the ride
Why cycle home from Siberia? Why not Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney? Well, it's not the places that really matter, it's the journey, and one of his mates (who happens to be cycling the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Mcgregor
A LITTLE HEAVY ON RELIGION BUT ? NUFF' RESPECT FOR AN EPIC...
I agree with some saying the "faith / religious" side of this book can be somewhat off putting. Especially if, like myself you are not of "The Faith"... Read more
Published 12 months ago by I. Roberts
Rather frosty
He comes across as very young, naive and rather wet for much of the book. He goes to Siberia with a bike and tent without having camped before, falls out with his mate almost... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. D. Read
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