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My name is Peter Moore and I go on grand journeys and write about them. I've travelled overland from London to Sydney and from Cape Town to Cairo. And more recently I bought a Vespa as old as I am and rode around Italy.
I hope my stories convey what I love about travel - the adventure, the laughs, the tough times and the incredible hospitality of people in the most unexpected places. Most importantly, I hope my books make you want to hit the road yourself.
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FUN AND GAMES AT ADVENTURE TRAVEL LIVE
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Just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who came along to my talks at Adventure Travel Live yesterday. It was fun talking to you all and I hope I helped inspire you all to go off and have your own amazing adventures.
A hearty thanks as well to Chris and all the guys at Escape Events for inviting me along in the first place.
A number of highlights from the day:
The parking officers trying to figure out where to put the parking ticket on the Dragoman overland truck parked out front. (There's a pic above)
Chatting to Alastair and Stephen from Oz Bus about their plans for the company. (Keep your eye out for an info evening at Australia House very soon.)
Meeting Geoff Hann from Hinterland Travel. He runs tours to Iraq. Chatting to him shelling out £3,000 to ignore Foreign Office warnings, drive along roads the Americans avoid and skipping on travel insurance because no-one will cover you anyway suddenly makes sense.
Another thing that became abundantly clear is that if I want to get serious about this speaking thing I've got to get a sexy appellation to stick after my name. In the program notes and on the boards outside the theatres I was simply listed by name. Everyone else had adventurer, explorer or trailblazer tacked on the end.
And if I really want to walk in these rarefied circles I need to get myself a scarf - a sort of light weight explorer-y kind of one that looks dashing and keeps out the dust during the inevitable Saharan sandstorm that's only seconds away, even in SW1.
Kind of like the one I saw Benedict Allen wearing when he swished past yesterday.
Latest Book
Vroom by the Sea has been released in the UK and you can order it on Amazon by clicking here
It picks up where Vroom with a View left off, and sees me riding through the sunny parts of Italy a few months before my daughter is born.
All your favourite characters are back. And a new one is introduced - a bright orange Rally 200 called Marcello.
Latest Project
I've been living in the UK long enough now to apply for a British passport - the holy grail for those of us who want to be able to live and work in both Oz and Europe.
To get a passport I needed to sit a citizenship test about life in the UK. The Home Office produces a book you can study. But I thought it'd be more fun to travel around the UK and observe life here first-hand.
That's where you guys came in. I've always believed the best travel experiences come from personal recommendations. And when I put the call out for your tips and suggestions I was overwhelmed by the response. Some of you were crazy enough to let me kip on your couch.
Right now I'm sifting through all my notes, photos and hazy memories to write an account of adventures called Blimey.
No concrete publication dates yet. But I'll let you know as soon as I know.
Latest Events
ADVENTURE TRAVEL LIVE
Two talks. One about travelling overland. The other about using social media to travel.
Social Network Your Way Around the World
11.00 - 11.45
January 31, 2010
Theatre 4
London to Sydney Overland
15.00 - 15.45
January 31, 2010
Theatre 5
Royal Horticultural Halls
Greycoat St, Victoria,
London, SW1P 2QD
More details: Adventure Travel Live
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