Long way round

Well, after about two months of waiting I have finally seen the entire series of Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s DVD series of their epic 20,000 mile motorcycle journey the wrong way round the world.

I saw only a very small part of this series when it played at a ridiculous time on TVNZ a few years back. Unfortunately it was an episode where the going was tough and Charley was throwing a few tantrums and crying a lot - so I began watching with the preconceived notion that he was a bit of a tosser. I was proven wrong by the end of the series.

And what a delight that Ewan McGregor turned out to be - a genuinely likeable man.

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