{"product_id":"last-overland","title":"The Last Overland: 21,000 km, 23 Countries and One Very Old Land Rover (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A journey that I don’t think could be made again today’. It was this comment by Sir David Attenborough on the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic First Overland expedition that became an irresistible challenge for filmmaker and adventurer Alex Bescoby.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1955, Attenborough, then a young TV producer, was approached by six recent university graduates determined to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edrive the entire length of ‘Eurasia’, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLondon to Singapore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. It was the unclimbed Everest of motoring – many had tried, none had succeeded. Sensing this time might be different, Attenborough gave the expedition enough film reel to cover their attempt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe 19,000-mile journey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e completed by Tim Slessor and the team captivated a nation emerging from postwar austerity. Tim’s book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe First Overland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, soon became the bible of the overlanding religion.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInspired by the First Overland, Alex made contact with now eighty-six-year-old Tim and together they planned an epic recreation of the original trip, this time from Singapore to London. Their goal was to complete the legendary journey started more than sixty years ago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the original Land Rover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. In awe of the unstoppable Tim, and haunted by his own grandfather’s declining health, Alex and his team soon find themselves battling rough roads, breakdowns and Oxford’s constantly leaky roof to discover a world changed for the better – and worse – since the first expedition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Bescoby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43088119791794,"sku":"9781789295498","price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781789295498.jpg?v=1687789746","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/last-overland","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}