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Kök & Tvätt - Through Scandinavia on a Tandem (Eurotandem Tales)
 
 

Kök & Tvätt - Through Scandinavia on a Tandem (Eurotandem Tales) [Kindle Edition]

Neil Gander
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Volume 2 now available: "No Room at the Moustache and Mullet." ASIN B0076WP7M6

"There were two doors in the service block on the campsite at Kukkola. On the left door was written the word 'Kök', and on the right it said 'Tvätt'. This meant 'Kitchen'and 'Laundry', and not, as we had concluded, 'Gents' and 'Ladies.'"

Neil and Kathryn arrive in Norway with a tandem bicycle, a pair of sub-standard sleeping bags and a vague plan to ride to Malta. Hitch a lift in the saddlebag as they grind out a trail across Scandinavia, meeting reindeer herders on quad bikes, senile caravanners and a long-distance skateboarder. Experience Sweden's rich variety from the desolate, forest and bog-covered north to the desolate, forest and bog-covered south. Worship at the altars of cinnamon buns, cloudberry jam and tins of rotting fish. Wonder at oversized knitwear, and join in the never-ending search for roadside fruit and the meaning of 'loppis'.


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Kök and Tvätt - Through Scandinavia on a Tandem is already attracting glowing reviews for the Kindle version available at Amazon. This paperback edition includes maps drawn by Kathryn Gander.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 683 KB
  • Print Length: 279 pages
  • Publisher: Surstromming books; 1 edition (7 Oct 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0046H9ZA4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #49,429 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
birdman [with a bike] 30 Jan 2011
By Birdman
Format:Kindle Edition
I love biking, birding and travel, doing and reading about; biking for 70 years - since the age of four. I have read many books on these subjects and this comes well within my personal top 10; a few ornithological anecdotes would have made it perfect for me.
Interesting, well written, informative,amusing. I am only half way through it and enjoying it so much I do not want to finish. When I do I shall probably read again and again.
I hope they do more riding and writing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Although I have little interest in Scandinavia as a holiday destination and have never ridden a tandem - just a trail bike and that not well - I was drawn by the description of the book and it doesn't disappoint. It provided me with a bit of an escape from our awful winter.
Although the Ganders journey took place in late summer and early autumn, they experienced the Scandinavian equivalent of a typical British summer, i.e. wet and cold but with the addition of mosquitoes who feasted on them at every opportunity, so they also get my empathy vote - Scottish midges, I'll say no more!
I wont go into any detail as the description nicely captures the flavour of the book. It is well written and the author has a lovely dry sense of humour and I'm sure that anyone who encountered the Ganders on their journey would have enjoyed the experience. Being together twenty four hours a day for weeks on end would have tested the best of relationships but they obviously know each others foibles very well and handled the occasional 'incident' with wit and humour.
I look forward to the next volume of their journey and would have awarded this book five stars if photos had been included, particularly of the giant mitten and the ever present and ever moved brushes. You'll have to read the book to find out what I mean!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The best cycle touring book ever.

It makes hilarious and riveting reading out of very unpromising material - the interminable tundra of northern Scandinavia. Buy it even if you've never set foot on a bicycle pedal!

Sadly Part 2 seems to be a long time coming.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Un-put-downable
This is an excellent book. Neil Gander's description of his (and Catherine's) journey through Sweden would not tempt me to undertake such an adventure; the rain, the biting insects... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Gefrin
take me there
This book was a wonderful insight to a personal trip through the first part of an epic journey. It kept me up to the small wee hours as I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Colin H. Clark
Quite simply un-put-down-able!
I have been a regular user of Amazon for the last 4 or so years, buying on average a book (an now an ebook) a week. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Alexander Wright
Another Bill Bryson??
I could not put this book down and kept relating it to my wife as the story unfolded. I now want to visit the places they went to and enjoy some of their experiences. Read more
Published 9 months ago by jim
I'd have gone back to see the amazing sundial too...
I read this book in its entirety while sitting waiting in the noisy A&E department of our large local hospital last Sunday night, but have to say that I enjoyed their trip... Read more
Published 9 months ago by A reader
Superb
I love reading about people suffering (in a self inflicted sort of way) and these two certainly did. Very entertaining and amusing.
Published 10 months ago by The Judge
Like a good whiskey
This book sustained me during a three week period away from my family and long lonely nights. Like a good whiskey I would treat myself to a little "nip" each evening. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dave Barter
A wonderful escape!
Well what can I say? I finished reading this book at 4am but am wishing I'd given in to tiredness rather than pushing on as I did, that way I would still have some of the book to... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Armchair Traveller
More than just a bike-ride
I enjoyed this book more than any travel book for a long time. The barmy plan was to leave work and everything behind, buy a tandem, load it from stem to stern with panniers... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Black Five
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