By: Brian Robson
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Brian Robson was born in the United Kingdom in June 1945 and has spent most of his adult life travelling and living in various countries throughout Europe and South East Asia. This book narrates his first travelling experience and his devil-may-care attitude to achieve his wish and return home even if it means risking his life to do so.
Thought this book was great, loved the message.
Beautiful book with really lovely art work. Thoroughly recommend.
A really lovely story with beautiful illustrations. The little princess learns that sometimes you can’t just have what you want!!!
Love love love this book. The illustrations are gorgeous and it’s a lovely story.
It was a good account of the author's adventures. Well written. Would have liked to know what happened after he returned home.
I bought this after seeing an article in my local news channel. Fascinating story of bravery! Definitely worth a read!
The book covers more about his time in Australia than the journey back but there are many chuckles throughout, even if it isn't the bed written book ever. A very eas, fairly short, read.
I heard about this on the BBC so wanted to read his story, this is an interesting lovely read with an adventurous journey!!
Most interesting and almost unbelievable read ! How Brian bore being trapped in a crate he could hardly move in was amazing ! To me who lived in Wales for years it proves the meaning of their word 'hiraeth' - homesickness !
A teenager, fed up with his life in Cardiff, takes advantage of a type of assisted passage to Australia where he has a job waiting. No sooner did he arrive than he wanted to go home. What follows is an account of his eleven months in Australia pursuing his ambition to return, but in an utterly feckless and flippant way: passing dud cheques, shooting sheep, stealing railway rides. Eventually, he gets the stupidest of ideas to encase himself in a wooden crate and freight himself back to London. While the story is interestingly told, he allows no room for contrition and exculpation for his dishonesty and the inconvenience to which he put others. Some of his escapades lack credibility, I feel.
