# Cycling to the Ashes

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- Book: [Cycling to the Ashes](https://www.bookquiver.com/oli-broom/cycling-to-the-ashes) ([Cycling to the Ashes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/oli-broom/cycling-to-the-ashes.md))
- Authors: [Oli Broom](https://www.bookquiver.com/oli-broom)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4811-438-2
- Published: 2013-07-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos ... Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India. Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.