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Alastair Humphreys

Alastair Humphreys

  • 5 stars across 6 books
Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer and author. After training as a teacher, he spent four years cycling round the world, a journey of 46k miles through 60 countries and five continents. Sir Ranulph Fiennes called it, 'the first great adventure of the millenium'. Alastair has also walked across India, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, rowed to France, run six marathons through the Sahara Desert, crossed Iceland by foot and packraft. He has recently become the pioneer of 'microadventures', a movement encouraging people to seek out short, local adventures.
30th April 2011

The Boy Who Biked the World: Part One: On the Road to Africa

Ages 9 - 12 years Discover Africa by bicycle in book 1 of a delightful children's adaptation of Alastair Humphrey's jou... MoreThe Boy Who Biked the World: Part One: On the Road to Africa

(11 reviews) Review
23rd August 2018

Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers

** WINNER OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY CHILDREN'S TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 ** Hand-selected by Alastair Humphreys, read a... MoreAlastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers

(8 reviews) Review
30th October 2014

The Boy Who Biked the World

Age range 9 to 12 Tom dreams of being an adventurer. Everyone tells him he's crazy, so he decides to prove them wrong b... MoreThe Boy Who Biked the World

(7 reviews) Review
30th September 2015

The Boy Who Biked the World Part Three

Age range 9 to 12 years Tom dreamed of being an adventurer. But people told him he was crazy, so he decided to prove t... MoreThe Boy Who Biked the World Part Three

(4 reviews) Review
12th August 2022

The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean

SHORTLISTED : ESTWA Children's Travel Book of the Year 'An inspirational ocean adventure'- Bear Grylls; Lucy wants to ... MoreThe Girl Who Rowed the Ocean

(1 review) Review
20th July 2023

Against the Odds: The Incredible Struggles of 20 Great Adventurers

FROM THE AUTHOR OF GREAT ADVENTURERS - WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD CHILDREN'S TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019.Sometimes a... MoreAgainst the Odds: The Incredible Struggles of 20 Great Adventurers

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