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'Moore is a talented and very funny writer' Daily Telegraph 'Hailed as the new Bill Bryson, he is in fact a writer of considerably more substance and the jokes come thick and fast' Irish Times 'Do Not Pass Go is a kind of Grand Tour, Reggie Perrin-style and its author is an original...We need more writers like him...You'll laugh with this book and you'll learn something too' Evening Standard 'He is a rare comic talent' The Times 'A very funny writer, oozing with comic ideas...There are fantastic jokes here, some lovely observation and a wealth of delicious information' Daily Mail
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like many travel books and books about anything to do with places and the people who inhabit or frequent these places, there is an added benefit to having experienced it yourself.To get this book, you don't have to have walked the Camino but it most certainly adds flavour if you have. Or more specifically there is an added glee when you witness Moore's beautiful slapstick unravelling as he makes his way across northern spain to his final destination of Santiago. His struggles are your struggles, the people he encounters you've encountered, and best of all he gives voice to the secret thoughts that played over and over in your mind as you wandered along the way. So if you've walked the Camino I urge you to read Spanish Steps, if you're thinking of walking the Camino I urge you to buy it and read it as soon as you return home, and if you have all ready read it I urge you to walk the Camino and read it again and finally if you have no intention of walking anywhere farther than the corner shop or the bus-stop I urge you to read it and laugh yourself silly. Above all Enjoy.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Tim Moore has taken me on some extraordinary journeys in the past, from the Tour de France to the Monopoly board via the arctic deserts of Iceland, but I found this one easily the most enjoyable. If you don't fall in love with the infuriating but utterly endearing donkey he takes with him on this Spanish pilgrimage, I'll eat my cat...
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is the Spain that I know, the northern regions, especially Galicia.
We have a bit of an in-joke in our family about FLAN and it's nice to see someone else with the same sense of humour.
Of the two protagonists, it's difficult to work out which of them is the more photogenic, but I think the four legged one wins on points.
Santiago de Compostela is actually quite a lot nicer than poor Tim's experience but his descriptions of the wretched outskirts of the very nice cities there is totally accurate.
I'm just off to buy all his other books now. I'm so pleased I read this as it's introduced me to a really funny writer.
We have a bit of an in-joke in our family about FLAN and it's nice to see someone else with the same sense of humour.
Of the two protagonists, it's difficult to work out which of them is the more photogenic, but I think the four legged one wins on points.
Santiago de Compostela is actually quite a lot nicer than poor Tim's experience but his descriptions of the wretched outskirts of the very nice cities there is totally accurate.
I'm just off to buy all his other books now. I'm so pleased I read this as it's introduced me to a really funny writer.
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perseverance pays off
I was given this book because of an interest in long-distance walking and a vague interest in 'doing' the camino. Read more
Published 3 months ago by long distance walker
Spanish Steps: Travels with My Donkey
Having just walked 320 miles of the Camino Frances, and hoping to complete the last 160 miles next year, I read Tim Moore's book with especial interest. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Chris from Macc
so very funny
I laughed and laughed at this book. Keep picking it up again, re-reading it and STILL laugh. My favourite writer.
Published 7 months ago by s
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Spanish Steps - Travels With My Donkey by Tim Moore
A Review by Robert Bovington
I found this book annoying, often tedious, occasionally interesting and very... Read more
A Review by Robert Bovington
I found this book annoying, often tedious, occasionally interesting and very... Read more
Published 12 months ago by R. D. Bovington
Spanish Steps:travels With My Donkey
The donkey is the star!
It could have been any long-distance walk, but the inherent attraction of the Camino adds an extra element...
Fashion or fad? It matters not. Read more
It could have been any long-distance walk, but the inherent attraction of the Camino adds an extra element...
Fashion or fad? It matters not. Read more
Published 16 months ago by corsario
An entertaining read
The notion of doing the Camino had lurked at the back of my mind since I first heard about it some years ago:- After reading this book, that is where it will stay! Read more
Published 20 months ago by Squiggle1
Camino Diary
Bought this for my wife who did the Camino a year or so ago. She loved it, laughed out loud frequently, said it could have been her own Camino diary and recommends it highly. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Snazgul
Quite readable, often laugh-out-loud funny, slightly rude
As other reviews suggest Tim Moore owes a lot to father of the scatalogically comic travelogue Bill Bryson. Read more
Published 23 months ago by skiffybrummie
Language Baffled Me
Read this excellent book, being an armchair traveller, but was completely baffled by the language. What could have been a lovely narration of a unique journey, turned out to be a... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2009 by Baldev Hundal
Hilarious and Human
I plan to do the Camino this year, Tim Moore's accounts are totally consistent with my friend who has walked it already on the joys and challenges of the walk and myself, on for... Read more
Published on 30 May 2008 by Nb Bowles
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