Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman Reviews

Long Way Round is a first collaboration by best friends Ewan McGregor (of Trainspotting fame) and Charley Boorman. It is their series of stories, jokes and mishaps when riding two long range BMW motorbikes around the world from London to New York (and back to London although obviously not on their bikes!). The book offers a series of ...  Read the complete review

Long Way Round - Chasing Shadows Across the World by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman is the companion book to the TV series of the same name, which saw Charley and Ewan journey 20,000 miles in increasingly tough terrain from London to New York, crossing the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia along the way. I absolutely adored ...  Read the complete review

This book of the three month journey from John O Groates to Cape Town undertaken by Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor is a fascinating read. In fact, the book is far better than the TV series as it really captures the sense of friendship and adventure that they had in their first adventure, the Long Way Round. The book is written by ...  Read the complete review

Having seen both the tv series and read the book for this series I would recomend both to everyone. The series follows friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on their adventure from John O'Groats to Cape Town, the long way down. This follows on from a similar journey both actors took from London to New York: the long way round, ...  Read the complete review

The 19,000 mile trip in question is not the distance you need to travel around Ewan McGregor's head these days but a motorbike journey he, his best mate Charley Boorman and what felt like a 200 back-up team, trail blazed from London to NY in the year of 2004. Ewan and Charlie became firm friends after meeting on the set of the highly rated ...  Read the complete review

This was a book I bought my husband for christmas, which he really wanted to read after seeing the TV series. It is written by actors Ewan McGregor (Star wars, Miss Potter, Moulin Rouge....) and his best friend, Charley Boorman (Hope and Glory, The Bunker...), who met on a film set and discovered a shared love of motorbikes. In 2004, the two set ...  Read the complete review

Following on from the success that the Long Way Round came to be, Ewan Mcgregor and Charley Boorman decided to set off on another trip on their motorbikes. This time the intention was to ride from John O'Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. The trip would cover some 15000 miles, visiting 20 different countries in just under 3 months on ...  Read the complete review

When we succumbed to the advertising and bought a set top digital television box, we were rather disappointed (an under-statement) to find out exactly what you get for your (one-off) payment of fifty quid. I can safely say that during the first three months the only thing we made a point of watching was "Long Way Round", which had ...  Read the complete review