11th July 2005, 11:06 AM
The Bloke is Nick Crane. He's a proper eccentric stunt dude. He and his borther took mountain bikes up Kilimanjaro for the first time about fifteen years ago. Various lunatic missions, including really good solo walk from Gibraltar to Istanbul, the scenic route. And 2 degrees west is where he follows the 2 degree meirdian from northumberland to near Portsmouth. Quite a good read, and loads of stuff about cartography that actually manages to make it interesting. I think he's in Perthshire next week...