The ultimate antidote-to-travel book! A European Odyssey where brakes fail on mountain passes ...a witch curses...Germans travel in a Tardis. If you ever thought a trip around Europe in a second-hand camper van would be fun, then this has been written for you. If not, just enjoy the ups and downs of the ride. Along the way, discover how to avoid being robbed more than once in Rome and why you shouldn't attempt to take a camper van into one of the pueblos blancos in Andalucia. 'Uneasy Rider' takes a humorous and wry view of independent travel. When people, places and campsites intermingle, things can never be dull. Adventure has never been our heroine's middle name, and travelling hundreds of miles in an unreliable vehicle doesn't help. With her imagination often in overdrive, luckily situations are not always as bad as they seem, but when things really do go wrong, somehow her level-headed Other Half always manages to save the day. This is a collection of sometimes harrowing but always entertaining tales experienced over several years and during times of so-called 'relaxation'. Though not a guidebook, there is good advice for first-timers, while experienced 'campervanistas' will nod their heads in recognition.
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Marvellous! Thank you for a wonderful treat!
...felt as if I was traveling along with you, for better or worse. --authonomy.com by Jedward
"...your chapters read like the menu of a box of chocolates... It's smirkable, friendly stuff ... --authonomy.com Louise Galvin
Cannot stop laughing at this! This is soo funny. Am afraid to read more as my sides hurt from laughing... --authonomy.com BJ Chalmers
What a fun enlightning entertaining read! ...a book you can breeze through and have a grand time doing it. --authonomy.com Laurie A. Will
Bill Bryson had better get ready to move over!
--authonomy.com 'onthe dottedline'aka Tony Batliss
"manages the rare feat of being both hilarious and mildly educational... a genuinely good read... thoroughly enjoyed it..." --Motorhome Planet (website), March 11th, 2011
"...a series of heart warming tales... every campervan owner will relate to. I thoroughly recommend it... to accompany your next trip." --VWCampervan Blog (website), March 29th, 2010
" 'Uneasy Rider' is a pleasurable armchair excursion." --Big Al's Books & Pals review website, May 5th, 2011
"...when things go awry... Sommerville injects a philosophical sense of humor for some perspective on the situation" --The Displaced Nation, travel website, September 28th, 2011
"...a collection of tales from Alison's tours, and they're very amusing to read... highs and lows of her motorhome journeys..."
--Practical Motorhome Magazine, June 2010
...felt as if I was traveling along with you, for better or worse. --authonomy.com by Jedward
"...your chapters read like the menu of a box of chocolates... It's smirkable, friendly stuff ... --authonomy.com Louise Galvin
Cannot stop laughing at this! This is soo funny. Am afraid to read more as my sides hurt from laughing... --authonomy.com BJ Chalmers
What a fun enlightning entertaining read! ...a book you can breeze through and have a grand time doing it. --authonomy.com Laurie A. Will
Bill Bryson had better get ready to move over!
--authonomy.com 'onthe dottedline'aka Tony Batliss
"manages the rare feat of being both hilarious and mildly educational... a genuinely good read... thoroughly enjoyed it..." --Motorhome Planet (website), March 11th, 2011
"...a series of heart warming tales... every campervan owner will relate to. I thoroughly recommend it... to accompany your next trip." --VWCampervan Blog (website), March 29th, 2010
" 'Uneasy Rider' is a pleasurable armchair excursion." --Big Al's Books & Pals review website, May 5th, 2011
"...when things go awry... Sommerville injects a philosophical sense of humor for some perspective on the situation" --The Displaced Nation, travel website, September 28th, 2011
"...a collection of tales from Alison's tours, and they're very amusing to read... highs and lows of her motorhome journeys..."
--Practical Motorhome Magazine, June 2010
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Having decided to hire a motor caravan and take it across the Channel for a holiday with our two leggy teenagers, we realised after the first night that we were at least five years too late for us all to fit comfortably into such a vehicle. Two weeks of treading on each other's feet did not put us off however, and a mere ten years went by before we acquired our own camper van. With our former accomplices by then making their own way in life, just the two of us headed for Spain, this time a 'one-off' to sate my fascination with a book by Laurie Lee - As I Walked out One Midsummer Morning.
Our 'new' vehicle was not quite as reliable as its former owner had led us to believe, but my practical-minded other-half, Harry, always sorted out the problems to keep us on the road.
After our circumnavigation of Spain we tried and failed to find a buyer for the van, but rather than leave it to rot on the drive, we decided to take it to Italy the following summer. Like the pain of child-birth, we'd forgotten the difficulties of the previous year.
Unfortunately, the charms of our little home-from-home continued to evade prospective purchasers for several years which meant that we found ourselves repeatedly heading for Folkestone and the Eurotunnel every Spring.
Equally, each time we reached the shores of England some 3 or 4 weeks later, we swore never to do it again...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Entertaining and surprisingly informative read . Recommend to anyone who is considering a campervan holiday or something longer , even if you aren't it is a good book to just get lost in and laugh along at the misadventures. that follow .
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is a genuine and cleverly written book with the authors enthusiasm shining through. Travelling with a family in a camper van must have many fraught moments but the author not only freely admits to them but shows the hilarious side to many of them. Who knew that a motorway ran alongside the ruins of Pompeii? This is a good laugh and great value. Highly recommended.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By John Smith
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This book is definitely worth a read if you own or are thinking of owning a motorhome.
Why ?
Well certainly not because it is full of handy hints and technical doodads, it isn't
It is written from the perspective of a really 'normal' young lady about her and her husbands travels throughout Europe in their various wheeled homes.
It is written in a way every one( men and women ) can and will empathise with, telling of the ups, downs, trials and tribulations of motorhome life.
It is probably the most entertaining 'factual' book I have ever read.. To call it merely a travel book would be a travesty.
There is one down side.. It ended too soon and left me longing for more of the same !
Why ?
Well certainly not because it is full of handy hints and technical doodads, it isn't
It is written from the perspective of a really 'normal' young lady about her and her husbands travels throughout Europe in their various wheeled homes.
It is written in a way every one( men and women ) can and will empathise with, telling of the ups, downs, trials and tribulations of motorhome life.
It is probably the most entertaining 'factual' book I have ever read.. To call it merely a travel book would be a travesty.
There is one down side.. It ended too soon and left me longing for more of the same !
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Travelling
As an avid campervan traveller I was strangely disappointed with this book.We could all tell the same tales and horror stories but never thought it required a book?
Published 1 month ago by Sue K
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Awesome
fantastic read, lots of tips for new motor-homers, whether going on day-trips or much much more. Nice to learn by somebody elses mistakes and all presented in an easy to read... Read more
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This book sounded fun and interesting, but it was a just a random collections of incredibly boring and mundane 'ordeals' experienced by the author, who seems to be just about as... Read more
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Great read especially as we are travelling Europe ourselves. We could relate to much of what we were reading. Amusing tales very similar to our own experiences. Read more
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Know just what you mean.
Being a chap thats done a lot of camping and caravanning both in this country and in France I have a good insight into the way this lady thinks. Read more
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. As owners of a campervan I could relate to many of the situations described in the book and found myself laughing at many of the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by sue
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Poorly written and very disappointing
After all the reviews I was expecting great things from this book, but was heartily disappointed. Vaguely amusing once in a while, this is mainly boring and incoherent ramblings. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Fennel
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They should have stayed at home.
Like a previous reviewer I found this book irritating. Having recently bought a motorhome I looked forward to some interesting tales of trips through Europe, what I got were... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kenneth
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Really, really, really enjoyed this book. It's written in such a way that you empathise with Allie immediately- anyone who has passport panics when handing it over to hotel staff... Read more
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