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Daisy's Diary

De: Graham Ham

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Give up the day job, buy an old bike and ride off into the sunset – a dream for most but reality for the author as he carries on where he left off after the Landmark and WATOC Challenges, the stories of which were told in the first two books. This, the third book in the series continues the yarn ... Things are changing however and as the tale unfolds Ham parks his journalistic career in order to embrace impulse, which in theory is a lot more fun. So little time, so many roads to ride, so many folk to meet and of course, mechanical mayhem and hilarious mishaps are never far away. Daisy, Ham's long suffering 1948 Triumph Speed Twin gets a replacement engine, a fairing, proper panniers and is asked to pull a trailer (the 'wheelbarrow') around the place too. It's not clear whether she enjoys this or not but it's almost certain she didn't enjoy some of the other indignities exacted upon her, like being drowned in her own oil in France, rammed in Yorkshire or set on fire in the West Country! Over the next four years, another 65,000 miles or so go under Daisy's wheels as Ham engages in the pursuit of far flung pleasure, often via his stomach and it's mostly great fun. Mostly. This is classic motorcycling at its best and at it worst. It's not about speed, it's not about getting there by the most direct route, it's not even necessarily about getting there at all! It's about the journey, it's about the back roads, it's about getting lost in 'em and it's about the experience. What's up that road? Let's go and find out ...