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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Inspirational,
This review is from: The Good Life: Up the Yukon without a Paddle (Paperback)
I found this book a wonderful read. It is such a good yarn. It is nice to see determination triumph over proper technical knowledge! I like the whole concept of this book and I am sure that it will appeal to a wide audience. I am sure that most of us would like to walk away from our jobs and just canoe off in to the sunset. However, very few people would be brave enough to do it. I recommend this for either total escapism or a manual on starting a new life.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb first hand account of a new life in the Yukon,
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This review is from: The Good Life: Up the Yukon without a Paddle (Paperback)
Dorian and Bridget suddenly decide that life in Cornwall, UK is just too boring and mundane for them. They want to get out there and live a different life, not based on wages, taxes, mortgages, bills, insurance and the rest. Together they decide on Canada, and before they can wait any longer they are off there. The Good Life tells the story from the moment they feel uneasy in the UK, through travelling around Canada, until they realise that the Yukon was exactly what they were looking for. Then starting their new life up there, with all the adjustments to a completely different lifestyle (hunting for food and collecting wood) in a different environment (fast flowing rivers in summer, and continuous below zero celsius freezing in winter). There is a lot I liked about this book. I liked the first hand account Dorian has written from only a few years ago (1999-2001), rather than someone else summarising it. His many descriptions carry the details of someone who was there experiencing these events, and the emotions he felt along the way. I liked that it was about fairly ordinary people from England moving to the north of Canada. Okay, maybe not ordinary to want to do such a move in the first place. But they both had jobs and paid their taxes and bills like the rest of us. They were not hunting, fishing, outdoors types (yet). So what they experienced is what most of us would experience if we tried it. I liked their attitude. This was clearly a monumental change in their life, but they felt so strongly about it that they just got on with it. Doubt never seemed to enter their mind. The Yukon felt right, and they went and stayed there. And mostly I found myself agreeing with all of the points Dorian makes about the difference in living direct off the land in a different part of the world, and being jealous and envious of someone who had done it while they could. They are far happier in the Yukon, and are living a full life for themselves, rather than earning wages in order to pay taxes and buy goods from a supermarket. They have found a life that is far more fulfilling than the one they had before, and one in which they truly feel at home.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excelent,
This review is from: The Good Life: Up the Yukon without a Paddle (Paperback)
Great book, well worth a read, this couple got rid of the cobwebs that hold the rest of us back and went and done it. Truly inspiring, no holds barred, story of the many failings and hard times before they finally conquered their fears and built a life in the Yukon, practically from scratch. A must for any one thinking of doing the same - Hey, make no mistake it can be done! One of the best travel books I have ever read.
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