6/3/2023 0 Comments Pole to Pole by Michael Palin![]() ![]() ![]() Just starting “Larry’s” diesel engine to drive to the shops felt like setting off on an adventure. We kitted out the back for storage and sleeping and went on trial camping trips, including the Isle of Wight. In 1990 my wife and I bought a lime green Land Rover Series III station wagon and named it “Larry”. So, we reorientated our planning to north-south through Africa and shopped for a Land Rover. And a 1958 edition of First Overland by Tim Slessor I found for 25 pence at a secondhand book market had us fantasising about driving a Land Rover from west to east.īut while the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition’s route through Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan was adventurous in the mid-1950s, it was dangerous (if not impossible) in the 1990s. We had always planned to end our time overseas with a long journey. But by 1995, we were both homesick for family and the warmth (and reliability) of Australian summers and ready to return home. We lived and worked in England, and it was our base to explore the UK and Europe and, further afield, the Middle East and Africa. My wife and I had set off backpacking from Sydney, Australia, in 1987. And inspired by Palin, we left England to travel overland to Australia following his “Pole to Pole” route and means of transport in 1995. My wife and I were avid watchers of his adventures on BBC TV. Michael Palin embarked Around the World in 80 Days in 1988 and again from Pole to Pole in 1991. ![]()
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