Cycling Home From Siberia

Description

It is late October, and the temperature is already 40C...My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves. In 2004 Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped with only a bike and a healthy dose of fear. Cycling Home from Siberia recounts his epic three-and-a-half year, 48,000-kilometre journey back to England via the foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone and Afghanistan s war-torn Hindu Kush. A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey giving a poignant insight into life on the road in some of the world s toughest corners. www.roblilwall.com

Rob Lilwall is a writer, adventurer, theology student and motivational speaker, who regularly transfixes audiences with tales from his 48,000-kilometre journey by bike from Siberia to England. Rob has written about his journey for magazines and journals worldwide. In 2004 Rob gave up his job as a geography teacher in London and set off around the world with nothing but a bike and a healthy dose of fear... around three years later he arrived home, with some remarkable stories to tell.

I'm not sure Rob Lilwall knows it, but he has penned a two-wheeled classic. I wanted to rise up singing and strap on my bicycle clips. - The Guardian - Kevin Rushby Lilwall has a wonderful ability to inspire trust in his readers. - The Guardian Lilwall's story is a remarkable one ... enhanced by the fact that he has a writer's skill for conveying a sense of place. - The Sunday Telegraph A rite of passage adventure, full of thrills, excitement and endurance tests. - Irish Times Not only describes different countries and their peoples, but also delves into the human heart. - Woman Alive - Amy Boucher Pye A real adventure story. - The Baptist Times Rob Lilwall is such a transparently decent, honest and likeable bloke that it is difficult not to become involved in the highs and lows of his journey. 7/10. - Times Educational Supplement - Martin Spice