Audio only
Length7h 54m
About this audiobook
From Sunday Times bestseller Miles Morland comes a brilliant, life-affirming and audacious travel memoir.
Having never ridden a motorbike at night, in rain, or on motorways, not knowing the difference between a carburettor and a spark plug, Miles Morland set out to ride across newly post-communist Europe to Istanbul. Somehow, he survived gales in France, rioting miners in Romania, homicidal truck drivers, and floods in Turkey. Since then, he has ridden the equivalent of twice round the world across five continents. He still doesn't know what a carburettor is.
This isn't a book about biking. It's a story of idiot optimism, fearless discovery, and the freedom most of us can only dream about during our commute to work. Recklessly heading across Patagonia, the Andes, Japan, India, Australia's Nullarbor, and every other unlikely place, Miles's utter disregard for practical preparation and unfailing belief that things will work out somehow get him home safe.
The Hopeless Biker is about letting go, going it alone, and trusting you'll survive to discover what's on the other side of the mountain.
'I don't know if Miles is brilliant or mad to do what he has done, possibly both but he had a lot of fun along the way and so did I.'
Giles Foden, author of the Last King of Scotland.
Audiobook details
GenreTravel
Length7 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byClive Hayward
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 31, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Dedication
3An Apology
41: Across Europe: Orient Express
52: Life Before Bikes
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
63: South America: In the Tyre Tracks of Che
74: India by Bullet
85: Japan with Beemer-San
96: Australia: Roo Dodging with Brenda
107: Southwest USA: Daisy in the Desert
118: Iceland with Björk
129: New Zealand: Kiwiland with Cooky
1310: Australia: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1411: Mexico: Baa Haa Boy
15Closing Credits
A Cook's TourAnthony Bourdain5h 50m4.2 (38.2K)$28 · $0.00
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (With Original Drawings & Photographs) (Annotated)John Muir5h 55m4.6 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m4.5 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
South! - The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 (Annotated)Ernest Henry Shackleton17h 9m4.4 (14.3K)$2 · $0.00
Little PrincesConor Grennan9h 38m4.3 (27.6K)$29 · $0.00
We are Soldiers StillHarold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway7h 46m4.4 (2.4K)$26 · $0.00
The Road to San DonatoRobert Cocuzzo7h 29m4.4 (397)$17 · $0.00
Around the World in 60 SecondsNuseir Yassin7h 48m4.4 (836)$26 · $0.00
The Midwest Survival GuideCharlie Berens6h 6m4.3 (4.9K)$24 · $0.00
The Home of the Blizzard (Annotated)Sir Douglas Mawson19h 2m4.3 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Local WondersTed Kooser6h 21m4.4 (978)$14 · $0.00
Over the Edge of the WorldLaurence Bergreen6h 14m4.3 (23.2K)$24 · $0.00
What Really Happened In WuhanSharri Markson16h 28m4.3 (4.8K)$40 · $0.00
American RambleNeil King10h 58m4.3 (2.8K)$29 · $0.00
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Unabridged Edition)T. E. Lawrence27h 31m4.3 (32.4K)$5.70 · $0.00
In The Footsteps Of RamaVikrant Pande, Neelesh Kulkarni9h 45m4.3 (778)$16 · $0.00
Never Leave the Dogs BehindBrianna Madia5h 37m4.2 (7.8K)$24 · $0.00
Touch the Top of the WorldErik Weihenmayer11h 18m4.3 (2.9K)$20 · $0.00
Mud, Sweat, and TearsBear Grylls9h 25m4.2 (20K)$29 · $0.00
NorthboundNaomi Arnold7h 21m4.3 (669)$24 · $0.00
You may also like
WoodcraftGeorge Washington Sears4h 38m4.2 (2.3K)$1 · $0.00
Woodcraft & CampingGeorge Washington Sears4h 53m4.3 (1.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Burning DaylightJack London13h 1m3.9 (4.3K)$5 · $0.00
North on the WingBruce M. Beehler8h 33m4.1 (392)$20
West with the NightBeryl Markham8h 58m4.3 (52.7K)$20
Woodcraft & CampingGeorge Washington Sears2h 37m4.2 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
The Lure of the Labrador WildDillon Wallace6h 54m4.2 (618)$1 · $0.00
White HuntersBrian Herne14h 21m4.3 (735)$25 · $0.00
Camp and TrailStewart Edward White3h 1m3.9 (49)$1 · $0.00
Your First Overnight HikeImad Muratspahic1h 27m$12 · $0.00
Vacation Camping for GirlsJeannette Augustus Marks2h 5m$2 · $0.00
The Art of Travel; Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild CountriesFrancis Galton11h 17m3.9 (167)$2 · $0.00
Down the Mackenzie and up the Yukon in 1906Elihu Stewart4h 48m$2 · $0.00
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Annotated)Ida Pfeiffer9h 22m3.9 (25)$2 · $0.00
Joshua Tree National ParkOrion C. Valemont2h 26m$2.30 · $0.00
In the Far EastW. H. Davenport Adams3h 47m$2 · $0.00
Tillicums of the TrailGeorge Charles Fraser Pringle4h 47m$2 · $0.00
Tenting To-nightMary Roberts Rinehart3h 56m4.0 (75)$1 · $0.00
Such Is LifeTom Collins16h 35m3.4 (129)$30
A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of EuropeJohn MacGregor5h 34m3.8 (80)$2 · $0.00