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Paddle: A long way around Ireland

Autor Jasper Winn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mai 2011
One summer, writer and musician, Jasper Winn set himself an extraordinary task. He would kayak the whole way round Ireland - a thousand miles - camping on remote headlands and islands, carousing in bars and paddling clockwise until he got back where he started. But in the worst Irish summer in living memory the pleasures of idling among seals, fulmars and fishing boats soon gave way to heroic struggles through storm-tossed seas ... and lock-ins playing music in coastal pubs.Circling the country where he grew up, Jasper reflects on life at the very fringes of Ireland, the nature and lore of its seas, and his own eccentric upbringing - sprung from school at age ten and left free to explore the countryside and its traditional life.Charming, quietly epic, and with an irresistible undertow of wit, Paddle is a low-tech adventure that captures the sheer joy of a misty morning on Ireland's coast. As the sun breaks through, you'll be longing to set off too.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780956003881
ISBN-10: 0956003885
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: SORT OF BOOKS
Colecția Sort of Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Jasper Winn grew up in West Cork, where he left school age ten and educated himself by reading, riding horses and playing music, an upbringing that shaped a lifetime of travel. He is the author of Paddle: A Long Way Around Ireland (Sort Of Books), the story of a solo trip by kayak, and is currently Writer in Residence for the Canal and River Trust.Find Jasper on Twitter @JasperWinnhttp://jasperwinn.com/

Recenzii

Delightfully immersing
A fantastic voyage. Mad, inspiring, funny and a great read
I really enjoyed Paddle - a genuine adventure story with nothing gimmicky and dangers understated. I especially enjoyed the affectionately shrewd vignettes of life ashore, the swift changes of mood, the neat little parcels of unexpected information and, best of all, his laconic descriptions of the power and the glory of the sea.