I love adventuring with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.
They did it first in Long Way Round, where they rode across Europe to the US. This time, they ride from Scotland to Cape Town.
Two guys on big road bikes riding through Africa. The pyramids, the dessert, the bush, Central Africa, Savannah Africa. These boys have a glorious adventure, connecting with Africa as much as possible.
Sleeping in tents, riding on dirt roads, falling over on sandy roads, riding with armed bodyguards through the troubled states.
They have a small support team with them, and it’s essentially a boy’s own adventure, except when Ewan’s wife Eve, joins them for 10 days on her bike.
It’s a fabulous series in so many ways: seeing bits of Africa; vicariously adventuring through these two; armchair traveling; enjoying the company of Ewan and Charley. You don’t have to know anything about bikes to enjoy this: just the spirit of adventure, and a curiosity about the world is required.
They do hive off to go show us what they’re passing: be it gorillas in the Congo, hippo in the Okavango, or the skulls of those massacred during the Rwandan genocide.
It’s fun, charming, informative: don’t miss it. And yes, I teared up at the end.
It’s on its second run on Nat Geo Adventure at 1.30am Mon to Fri, so set your PVRs. (10 episodes) Please check the latest schedule before you set your PVR…the info isn’t very clear on the Nat Geo published schedule.
