Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman Reviews

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...