Cycling to the Ashes
  • Published: 4 July 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448114382
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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Cycling to the Ashes

A Cricketing Odyssey From London to Brisbane

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4 Jul 2013
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15 Jul 2014
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An epic roadtrip from London to Australia by bike - all for the love of cricket.

One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos ...

Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India.

Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.
  • Published: 4 July 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448114382
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
Categories:

About the author

Oli Broom

Oli Broom worked as a chartered surveyor until 2009 when he set off overland by bicycle from London to Brisbane. His adventure raised funds for The Lord's Taverners and the British Neurological Research Trust. After hopping off his bike Oli lived in Rwanda where he was the Project Director of the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation. He is now back in London working on national cycling events.

Praise for Cycling to the Ashes

A moving, well-paced and thrilling story of the most noble of all gap years

Daniel Norcross, The Cricketer

Oli Broom loves cricket so much he cycled from Lord's to Sydney to watch the Ashes. His book is rather marvellous

Stephen Fry

Much more than a world cycle tour ... brilliant

All Out Cricket

An epic adventure

Bear Grylls

I think it's pathetic he isn't cycling home again

Ian Botham

Completely potty

Aggers

I didn't like it; I loved it ... a cracking read

Tim Brooke-Taylor

If you love cricket, cycling, adventure, travel and sobbing - read this book!

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey actor and chairman of Hampstead Cricket Club

Oli's enthusiasm made even me consider getting back on a bike again

Mike Brearley

A funny and poignant tale for anyone who’s ever dreamt of jacking in the day job for an adventure

Western Morning News

The book is a very readable and often funny account of an unusual adventure on a bike

Cycling World

A funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of quitting their day job to embark on an adventure

Jude Brosnan, Wanderlust Travel Magazine
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