Sorry Can't stop - Book on the go..

My copy of "First Overland - London to Singapore by Landrover" arrived
today... needless to say I'm riveted to the sofa. Thanks to Dave French for
the recommendation my flexible friend finally gave in.

I recall highlighting another book prior to Christmas which I think was
another First Overland... any one know what that one is? I know the chap who
wrote it was local, though I think he did that run in a j33p.

Lee D

Lee_D a écrit :

>
>
> My copy of "First Overland - London to Singapore by Landrover" arrived
> today... needless to say I'm riveted to the sofa. Thanks to Dave French for
> the recommendation my flexible friend finally gave in.
>
> I recall highlighting another book prior to Christmas which I think was
> another First Overland... any one know what that one is? I know the chap who
> wrote it was local, though I think he did that run in a j33p.
>
> Lee D

Lee_D a écrit :

>
>
> My copy of "First Overland - London to Singapore by Landrover" arrived
> today... needless to say I'm riveted to the sofa. Thanks to Dave French for
> the recommendation my flexible friend finally gave in.
>
> I recall highlighting another book prior to Christmas which I think was
> another First Overland... any one know what that one is? I know the chap who
> wrote it was local, though I think he did that run in a j33p.
>
> Lee D

Are we back to flush handles again?

Stuart

srtgray <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> Lee_D a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>> My copy of "First Overland - London to Singapore by Landrover"
>> arrived today... needless to say I'm riveted to the sofa. Thanks to
>> Dave French for the recommendation my flexible friend finally gave
>> in.
>>
>> I recall highlighting another book prior to Christmas which I think
>> was another First Overland... any one know what that one is? I know
>> the chap who wrote it was local, though I think he did that run in a
>> j33p.
>>
>> Lee D
>
> Are we back to flush handles again?
>
> Stuart

:-D It's the only quiet place I can read at the weekend (101!)

Lee D

The 'OTHER First Overland' book (in which 2 colonial police officers
drove a Willys Jeep from Singapore to Blackburn in 1957) is called
'First Overland -- Four Wheels & Frontiers', and is by Roy Follows.

And that's all the promotion I'm going to give it, because the title is
a shameless attempt to cash in on the REAL 'First Overland' (as well as
being inaccurate... although they DID do it in the opposite direction,
so I suppose it could be argued that it was the first East-to-West
overland). I do know that Tim Slessor had a brief (and somewhat firm)
word with the book's publisher about that!

But it does give me the opportunity for a shameless plug for the DVD
based on Antony Barrigton-Brown's colour film footage, which has hardly
been seen since it was broadcast by the BBC in B&W nearly 50 years ago.
The closing stages are in sight, and it should be available within the
next few weeks (once I can sort out details such as NTSC versions for
the American enthusiasts). More details at
www.teeafit.co.uk/firstoverland.

GRAEME ALDOUS, Yorkshire

Teeafit <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> The 'OTHER First Overland' book (in which 2 colonial police officers
> drove a Willys Jeep from Singapore to Blackburn in 1957) is called
> 'First Overland -- Four Wheels & Frontiers', and is by Roy Follows.
>
> And that's all the promotion I'm going to give it, because the title
> is a shameless attempt to cash in on the REAL 'First Overland' (as
> well as being inaccurate... although they DID do it in the opposite
> direction, so I suppose it could be argued that it was the first
> East-to-West overland). I do know that Tim Slessor had a brief (and
> somewhat firm) word with the book's publisher about that!
>
> But it does give me the opportunity for a shameless plug for the DVD
> based on Antony Barrigton-Brown's colour film footage, which has
> hardly been seen since it was broadcast by the BBC in B&W nearly 50
> years ago. The closing stages are in sight, and it should be
> available within the next few weeks (once I can sort out details such
> as NTSC versions for the American enthusiasts). More details at
> www.teeafit.co.uk/firstoverland.
>
> GRAEME ALDOUS, Yorkshire

Count me in on that one.

No pressure I'm on page 65 and it only came through the letter box
yesterday..... and I've not picked it up yet today.

Lee D

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:35:27 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>My copy of "First Overland - London to Singapore by Landrover" arrived
>today... needless to say I'm riveted to the sofa. Thanks to Dave French for
>the recommendation my flexible friend finally gave in.

I was just thinking about buying that book too!