Uneasy Rider

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A broken heart and a moment of drunken bravado inspired middle aged, typically cautious journalist Mike Carter to embark on a six month long motorcycle trip around Europe After completing a brief residential motorcycle course and hastily remortgaging his apartment, Mike set off alone, resolving to go wherever the road took him By the end of his journey, Mike had traveled nearly 20,000 miles and had roamed from the Arctic Circle in the north of Europe to the Mediterranean coast in the south, and from the Portuguese Atlantic coast in the west to the Iraqi border of Turkey in the east This humorous and insightful account follows Mike through his adventures into nations and towns of every variety, as well as into his own mind as he finds his post divorce scars starting to heal and attempts to discover his purpose in life Self deprecating, poetic, and utterly engaging, Mike s is a heroic and inspiring journey for anyone who ever wanted to leave the nine to five in the dust. Free Download Uneasy Rider By Mike Carter For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Laughed out loud and silently cried a tear or two I found this a very moving book and one that i could easily relate to Having been an uneasy rider myseld for a good few years, and having had what seems like a number of midlife crises in fact I wonder if there may not be such a thing as a mid midlife crisis I finished the book in record...Possibly the most entertaining of the motorcycle travelling books I ve come across The self deprecation in this just makes it so good Reading this on your morning commute makes you one of those weird types...A good friend gave me this book for Christmas and I d finished it in three days I absolutely loved it, not just because of how well written it is but because of how much my own life mirrors that of the author.The term mid life crisis has only been recently coined by social engineers in an attempt to brow beat dissatisfied, disgruntled and disaffected people back into an environment they deeply dislike and can only escape from through alcoholism, drugs, gambling, overeating or all manner of othe A good friend gave me this book for Christmas and I d finished it in three days I absolutely loved it, not just because of how well written it is but because of how much my own life mirrors that of the author.The term mid life crisis has only been recently coined by social engineers in an attempt to brow beat dissatisfied, disgruntled and disaffected people back into an environment they deeply dislike and can only escape from through alcoholism, drugs, gambling, overeating or all manner of other diversions It us...I really connected with this book Mike s motivations for getting his motorcycle license are explained really well, and there is a lot of humor and references that made sense to me The monotony of life, the sense of failure and his observations of what is happening in the EU labour market all tell a compelling and warm story On the other hand, the actual trip itself seems relatively thin when compared to others There is nothing that impressive about the trip itself Then again, these days it I really connected with this book Mike s motivations for getting his motorcycle license are explained really well, and there is a lot of humor and references that made ...I bailed out at page 47I found the opening chapters about as gripping as someone recalling a day trip to France with their school.His initial encounters were with people, not places A drunken Spaniard who swore in English and a Dutch lady who waddled like a duck The author had nothing to say about Northern France, and just a few lines described Holland.I m sorry, but I couldn t bring myself to accept that this was actually a travel book at all If you want the real thing, try reading Jupi I bailed out at page 47I found the opening chapters about as gripping as someone recalling a day trip to France with their school.His initial encounters were with people, not places A drunken Spaniard who swore in English and a Dutch lady who waddled like a duck The author had nothing to say...I was really looking forward to reading this being of the right age, or older and loving motorbikes and travel..It s well written, and at times very witty, but never really mentioned the bike, or the riding, I was not loo...A very interesting read If you re here for a history geography lesson on each of the 27 countries that Mike visited then move along There are glimpses of an educational insight but, on the whole, this book is an emotional journey about a middle aged, grumpy man who wants an answer To...I enjoyed this book largely because it was no triumphant I ve lived your dream, sucker brag It was mucha I ve lived your dream and, frankly, it was mostly really, really boring narrative The lesson seemed to be that if you re going to have a mid life crisis, have it with a mate The scenes that will stick with me are those when the author goes out for yet another lonely beer in some Polish backwater before waking the next day to go and visit the Museum of Beetroot, just to put the t I enjoyed this book largely because it was no triumphant I ve lived your dream, sucker brag It was mucha I ve lived your dream and, frankly, it was mostly really, really boring narrative The lesson seemed to be that if you re going to have a mid life crisis, have it with a mate The scenes that will stick with me are those when the author goes out for yet another...The author should have penned this travel tale in his 20s, then we could ve done without the moaning introspection of his mid life crisis While the bulk of the book is an entertaining jaunt through Europe and a succession of disasters, triumphs and pratfalls, we come to know too much of the writer as if he really wanted to pen an autobiography but didn t have enough material or guaranteed reader interest, so he shoe horned it into a Charley Boorman Ewan Macgregor adventure The adventure itse The author should have penned this travel tale in his 20s, then we could ve done without the moaning introspection of his mid life crisis While the bulk of the book is an entertaining jaunt through Europe and a succession of disasters, triumphs and pratfalls, we come to know too much of the writer...Entertaining, often funny account of a journalist in middle age crisis mode, and full blown mini depression following the not so friendly, but very permanent leave taking of his younger wife In a moment of alcohol induced insanity at his firm s Christmas party, hw proclaims to all and sundry his intention to take off for a six month ride around Europe on a motorcycle Not a bad idea, in my mind, but a bitprobloematic for him since he doesn t own or know how to ride a motorcycle He does Entertaining, often funny account of a journalist in middle age crisis mode, and full blown mini depression following the not so friendly, but very permanent leave taking of his younger wife In a moment of alcohol induced insanity at his firm s Christmas party, hw proclaims to all and sundry his intention to take off for a six month ride around Europe on a motorcycle Not a bad idea, i...

Uneasy Rider
  • English
  • 01 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0091922682
  • Mike Carter
  • Uneasy Rider