BOOK REVIEWS
Títle: Where Angels Fear To
Tread
Writer: Linda Bootherstone
Year: 2009
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Títle: Zero Avenue To Peace
Park
Writer: Trevor Marc Hughes
Year: 2016
Linda Bootherstone gets out there,
she gets to places that most others
don't, and that comes across in her
writing.
Where Angels Fear To Tread is
perhaps the perfect way to explore
that and upon reading it you'll think,
'why the hell can't I do that?'
Written almost as a diary, Where
Angels Fear To Tread, gives the read-
er an insight into what it's like to
explore and be on the road, and to
share it with a new friend.
Linda, picks up Georgia, a Cana-
da in somewhat of a mid-life crisis
and the pair head off, complete with
a Celtic harp and tin whistle. The
pair even play a few impromptu gigs
before separating as Linda returns
home due to the death of her mother.
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Upon finishing Trevor Marc
Hughes' first travel biography; Near-
ly 40 On The 37, there came a com-
pelling need to read his second out-
ing; Zero Avenue To Peace Park.
Written a few years after the orig-
inal, it takes us along the 49th Par-
allel, following the border between
his home of Canada and the United
States. Joined by fellow rider, Wes
Taylor, from Colorado, the pair take
us through beautiful countryside
as well a myriad of deserted ghost
towns.
Like Trevor's first book this isn't
about exotic locations, dangerous
encounters or excessive border pa-
trols, yet it remains an adventure, an
exploration of different places, feel-
ings and discoveries.
What Trevor tells us is that there's
TRAVERSE 113
This book is full of tension and
personal drama as Linda is confront-
ed by political upheavals and crimi-
nal behaviour, something she talks
about from a very personal point of
view. All the time excerpts of letters
written by Georgia seem to keep the
reader feeling calm.
Where Angels Fear To Tread is a
perfect companion read for anyone
on the road and contemplating 'what
would I do in this situation?'.
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an uneasy calm along the border of
the two North America countries.
Not one of military chest beating but
rather a wary eye watching every
move - a level of mistrust, a presence
of paranoia.
Through his descriptive tones
and self assessment Zero Avenue To
Peace Park is the perfect book for
anyone seeking confirmation that
adventure riding can be ,and is, for
anyone, and it can be right in your
own backyard.
Soak up the experience, learn
about an often forgotten border and
two very similar, yet very different
cultures.
Zero Avenue To Peace Park by
Trevor Marc Hughes is well worth a
read.