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Loading... As You Do . . .: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice-President of Botswana (2008)by Richard Hammond
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) joerocklin | Mar 23, 2020 |   ) MathewBridle | May 4, 2015 | There are some fun bits in there, and a few interesting insights into the background of Top Gear episodes like the Polar and Africa specials. But on the whole it's a fairly boring read. Compared to Jeremy Clarkson and James May, Hammond doesn't fare well as a writer. (  ) surreality | Jun 19, 2009 | This book covers some of the situations, stunts and adventures during a year- going to the North Pole, driving a Hilux across the English Channel, coping with the English floods of 2007, driving across Africa in Oliver and meeting his boyhood hero. I don't think the North Pole adventure should have been first- I found it a bit boring and hard to get into. Possibly this is because I haven't seen this Top Gear episode. This is a very light read and serious Top Gear fans will enjoy it. It may be difficult to truly appreciate this book if you're not interested in Top Gear. ( ) birdsam0307 | Nov 23, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
Moving quickly on from the devastating crash that nearly killed him, Richard ranges widely over his life and times--a visit to Glastonbury with James May reminds of him of his early years of playing in a band and how and why he never quite made it as a rock star; the stunts and other perils that come his way like the Top Gear North Pole race (why is it Richard who is out in the howling elements in a dog sled while the others are in the heated cab of an all-terrain vehicle?); Africa where he falls in love with and repatriates a stray car; and the U.S. (once to be chased by rednecks in middle America, the other in pursuit of his hero Evel Knievel); his passion for cars, what he owns and why, and although he loves his wife why it is a toss-up whether he says hello to the wife or the cars first. Balancing home and family with a crazy, peripatetic working life (or not, sometimes), the Hamster is well and truly back on the wheel. No library descriptions found. |
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