The Hike
- Author Don Shaw
- Narrator Terry Molloy
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Run Time 9 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Travel writing, Walking, hiking, trekking.
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What to expect
Freddy, Phil and Don are three grumpy old men, travelling at various speeds in the slow lane of retirement, at a loss to understand the mad modern world around them.
Their chosen method of escape from all this is a shared weekly hike in the Peak District, come gale, hail, snow or torrential rain. They pass the time bumping into colourful and eccentric locals, but their real passion is bickering among themselves. Not only about the right path to take, but also about where they're all going at the fag end of life. Phil likes to dash up hills trying to beat his personal best, while Freddy plots how to sabotage him - teasing him at leisure and asking deep and difficult questions. Stuck in the middle, Don's only ambition is to stop the squabbling getting out of hand long enough to find a nice pub for lunch.
As warm as the wind is cold, as dry as the lashing rain is wet, The Hike is a hilarious tale of bum-warmers, crayfish-fanciers, East German Trabant enthusiasts, bodger philosophers, sticky ginger cake, gorgeous countryside and the subtle art of 'onedownmanship'.
Critics Review
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Funny, warm and elegiac – Last of the Summer Wine meets A Year in Provence
Sir Ranulph Fiennes -
A masterpiece … had me crying with laughter
Express -
A minor classic … You should buy this
Sunday Times
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