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Cycling to the Ashes

  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey

  • ISBN: 9780224091886

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 256g

  • RRP: £9.99

Cycling to the Ashes

  • A Cricketing Odyssey From London to Brisbane

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.

  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey

  • ISBN: 9780224091886

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 256g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • "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

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 Lord's Taverners and the British Neurological Research Trust. Since hopping off his bike Oli has lived in Rwanda where he was the Project Director of the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation.

Oli Broom

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