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It's thirty eight years ago, tomorrow, on the 6th of October at 6pm History was made and a Legend was born, Ted set out to explore the world and its peoples' and so became the guru of motorbike travel and adventures.

Congratulations and happy 38 years

http://jupiterstravellers.org/about/ted ... s-travels/

LOVED reading Jupiters travels and dreaming of Jupiter he writes brilliantly and its no suprise why he is held in such high esteem

hornet

hornet wrote: he writes brilliantly and its no suprise why he is held in such high esteem

hornet

He is also an excellent speaker and if you ever get the chance go to one of his talks.

I saw him talk in Bristol on Monday, Really geniune and friendly Man

2 wheeled tourist wrote:It's thirty eight years ago, tomorrow, on the 6th of October at 6pm History was made and a Legend was born, Ted set out to explore the world and its peoples' and so became the guru of motorbike travel and adventures.

Congratulations and happy 38 years

http://jupiterstravellers.org/about/ted ... s-travels/

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Sorry to Admit I have not read the book.

Missed seeing him in Bristol on Monday, but looking forward to seeing him at Touratech on Saturday...

Having read 3 of his 4 books i would really recommend them to anyone...

Like Mr Fox, I was there on Monday at his book signing. For an 80+ year old he is doing incredibly well and was most lucid. What did surprise me was that he saw the bike only as a tool to meet humanity. He is not a die hard biker, but he certainly can tell a story or two.

I got the impression that he wants people to get back to basics with overland travel and concentrate less on kit and more on meeting people. Speaking to him afterwords we joked that the best thing his foundation could do to increase interactions with people when traveling was to encourage overlanders to buy unreliable machines. I've met some cracking garage staff in my time.

His slide show presentation was brilliant, I think if he did it for his whole trip and made a DVD out of it then all the geeks like me would be queuing up to buy it.

Austin Vince next month...

off to Coventry in a couple of hours time to the Foundation Launch - it seems some serious gathering with all the people we've read being there for the evening. Looking forward to it!

boxerbmws wrote:off to Coventry in a couple of hours time to the Foundation Launch - it seems some serious gathering with all the people we've read being there for the evening. Looking forward to it!

Nice one, hope you enjoy it :cheer: .We did think about this one, but the ticket price seemed a little too high :unsure: , also, it clashes with the Leeds International Film Festival's "Press Junket" tomorrow (7th)...B) www.leedsfilm.com

guyinthejungle wrote:His slide show presentation was brilliant, I think if he did it for his whole trip and made a DVD out of it then all the geeks like me would be queuing up to buy it.

Not sure if you know but there is a DVD available? You can find details at:

http://www.jupitalia.com/movie.html

Best Wishes.