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Never Again - A Walk from Hook of Holland to Istanbul (Paperback)
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Never Again - A Walk from Hook of Holland to Istanbul (Paperback)
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Elderly British men display a variety of annoying habits. They
write letters to the newspapers; they drink too much; they
reminisce about the old days; they make lewd comments to younger
women; they shout at the television screen; and they go for long
walks and get lost. Jeremy Cameron chose the last of these options.
Trying to emulate Patrick Leigh Fermor's feat of 1933, he walked
from Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Leigh Fermor was a legendary
figure. Scholar, multilinguist, beautiful prose stylist, war hero,
tough guy, charmer and famous lover: Cameron is none of these
things and he also suffers from a heart condition. Rest assured
that there will be no tedious details of operations or stoicism in
this book. Nor will there be descriptions of understated
generosity, quiet irony or British phlegm. The main point of travel
is to recognise the virtues of staying at home. When at home, it is
not possible to get bogged down in Alpine snow, fall over on one's
face on Kosovan tarmac or suffer a comprehensive mugging on
deserted roads in Greece. Nor does one have to speak foreign
languages, eat foreign food or, above all, drink terrible tea. It
is about two thousand miles from Hook of Holland to Istanbul.
Thirteen countries lie in wait for the walker. They have many
wonderful sights and much fascinating history. Readers will not
find them in this book. They will, however, find a number of
stories of varying authenticity and some very dubious observations
about life. By the time Turkey arrived, Cameron was utterly and
completely fed up with the whole process. Never again would he do
anything quite so stupid. He is currently walking round all the
places in England beginning with the letter Q.
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