Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
BOOK OF THE WEEK with Charlie Richards. GuyMartin: Worms to Catch,
Guy Martin, ISBN 978-0753545300 (Virgin Books) BD 9.800 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members ‘I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.’
In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix super bike race held on the world’s fastest race track. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken spine and hand back together, and within days he decided he needed some time away from road racing.But he wasn’t about to take it easy.
In his brand new book, discover how Britain’s favourite daredevil fills his time when road racing is taken out ofthe equation.
He set about breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death, cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the US(while sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family’s roots.
There’s some thrilling racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert.
And there’s the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire – the truck yard and the butty van.
Read it now in Paperback
Jupiter’s Travels, Ted Simon, ISBN978-0140054101 (Penguin) BD4.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
In the late 1970s Ted Simon rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria.
He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others - including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGrergor - it provides an inspiration they will never forget.
My favourite read of the week
Fast Bikes, ISBN 978-0857804884 (IglooBooks) BD7.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Passionateabout bikes? Curious about the specifications and performance figures of some of the world’s most exciting bikes? Now, with Fast Bikes, you can discover all you need to know.
