Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks Reviews

Round Ireland with a Fridge could be subtitled 'Round Ireland with a sense of humour.' It is an amusing book, it set me to thinking that I could do with doing something interesting like that, and that is never a bad thing. I work in Ireland frequently and reading this reassured me a bit that the Ireland I started working in ...

I don't know why I originally picked Round Ireland With A Fridge up in the library as it's definitely not the kind of book I would usually read, but as it was due back in a few days and I had nothing else to read I thought I might as well try it. Round Ireland With A Fridge is, as you would suspect from the title, a comedy look at a ...

Hawke’s:” I would like to report the theft of a fridge!” Garda:” A fridge you say?” Hawkes:”Well yes…” Garda:” Are you the owner of this fridge?” Hawke’s: I’m hitching around Ireland with it” Garda:” Are you a comedian or something” Hawke’s: “Yes”. So, how many people had heard of stand-up comic Tony Hawks ...

There was a time, not really all that long ago, when travel writing consisted of little more than city and country guides. Nothing that really made you want to up sticks and go places, as they assumed you were either already there or booked to go. The televising of Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence" ...

What I am afraid. I read this as my girlfriend laughed outloud continuosly when she read it, so I thought it must be good. I was sadly disappointed. Thats not to say it is not a good book, just I was disappointed not to find it as uproarously funny as she did. It is enjoyable in places. In case you are unaware of the book its basic ...

We’ve all had one, I’m sure. I know I have. Several. You know, one of those moments when you say, “I wonder if…” and then the exact nanosecond you finish, you regret saying it. Tony Hawks, the author of this wonderful book, had his one evening early in 1997, while at a dinner party with friends, slightly out ...

If you're the sort who likes to read quietly and not have anyone notice you, then this probably is not a good book for you. I read it in about 2 days sitting by the pool last summer (ahh, the memories flood back), despite the interruptions from the family who thought I was boring by reading in the shade (I'm not really a sun-lover ...

The blurb on the front says the book is "too funny to read in a public place" and it may well be true. Tony Hawk pursues a drunken bet to hitch his way round the coast of the Emerald Isle with his newly-acquainted household appliance for company. Perhaps not the most loquacious travelling companion, buy Tony meets plenty of Irish ...

I know I'm in the minority here but I felt this book did'nt live up to the hype or make the most of an original premise. Tony Hawks is one of those people you recognise on TV but spend an agonising ten minutes trying to put a name to.He's most famous as a pundit on a few panel games and allegedly makes his living as a standup ...

This is the dare that Tony Hawks undertook to complete within one month, armed only with a small fridge, and a sturdy thumb. Admittedly, he did get a fair bit of publicity from national radio along the way, but I think he needed the help. And of course the Irish loved him for it, as it was all just a bit of fun. And boy did that fridge ...

Around Ireland with a fridge is the first of Tony Hawkes books, and is still hilarious. A dinner party with some of his mates, large quantities of alcohol let Tony remember an image of someone who was trying to thumb a lift with a fridge. When Tony wakes up next morning he is left with no memory, but a bet for £100 that he cannot hitchhike around ...

Who in their right mind would decide to hitch hike around Ireland with a fridge? Well after a drunken night with old friends Tony Hawks did just that as the result of a bet. A friend bet him £100 that he could not hitch hike around Ireland with this fridge within one month. Sounds ridiculous? It cost him £130 for the fridge that he was to take ...

This is one of the more unusual travel-logs as the comedian Tony Hawks attempts to hitchhike around the circumference of Ireland with a fridge, all within one calendar month for the sum of £100. This is definitely a strange story, but the thing is that the whole of Ireland, thanks to radio coverage, knew this man was on the way round and for ...

Tony Hawks is the comedian you see on various comedy gameshows and Royal variety performances who has until now never made me laugh. I bought this book because the title intrigued me - why on earth would someone want to take a fridge anywhere with them! - it soon becomes apparent and a drunken bet turns into a real soul searching experience. ...

A very funny book, written by Tony Hawks, who is first and foremost a stand-up comedian. For anyone who can't place him, he has appeared on They Think It's All Over, Have I Got News for You, If I Ruled the World, and various radio 4 programmes, including the serialization of this very book. "Round Ireland with a Fridge"is the ...

How could you pull off such an unusual stunt,let alone write a book about it? Although questioning it in his opening paragraph, Tony Hawks manages both. On a visit to Ireland a few years ago, Tony passed a man who was hitch-hiking with what appeared to be a fridge. "Only in Ireland" thought Tony. On recalling this story to ...