'Long Way Round' on DVD

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:06 pm

Just got my copy of this a couple of days ago and just finished watching it.

At first, being a cynical so'n'so, I was under the impression it'd be a couple of softie luvvies who would be scared of getting their precious feet even slightly wet.

I was wrong.

The 7 or so hours of film footage must be one of the most enjoyable things I've watched in years and left me with nothing but huge respect for the guys doing the trip. Ok...they had plenty of back-up but it's still a fantastic achievement.

Highly recommended

adamski49 · Post by **adamski49** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:28 am

With a bit of luck Santa will be delivering me a copy of this together with the book

Watched the series on Sky and thought it was great... armchair world traveller me

Adam

PBBoxer · Post by **PBBoxer** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:36 pm

YOU TOO can do the trip... a snip at £14000

Nick Sanders does round the world challenges... only problem is it takes 60 days.... which is gonna be:
1: Bloody hard to get the time from work
2: Very expensive.
3: VERY hard work.

I crashed this yr on the europe challenge, but one of the guys with us had just completed the world challenge.

www.motochallenge.com

Think I'll stick with the DVD for now hehe

Rob B · Post by **Rob B** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:31 pm

Grom,

Any footage on the DVD that wasn't shown on Sky? I've recorded all the Sky episodes but would prefer a singe DVD if there was half an excude to get it.

Rgds, Rob

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:04 am

Rob - in answer to your q; dunno mate, only managed to catch a couple of the Sky episodes.

The DVD has almost 7 hours of coverage on 2 discs.

I ordered 2 copies from Duke: 'We don't have them in stock but hopefully will just before Christmas'. I then ordered the same from play.com (as they had them in stock) intending to cancel the Duke order a day or so later - Duke's DVD's turn up 48 hrs after ordering

Anyway, I've 2 spare copies which I'll flog on for a tenner each - both are still sealed in their Play.com packaging.

PM me if you're interested.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:09 am

Sold.

Rob B · Post by **Rob B** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:07 pm

Rats, too late. I assume that's both spare copies gone!!

Rgds, Rob

Mick Mac · Post by **Mick Mac** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:44 am

I love their reaction when their producer turns up on an S near the end.

Boxerlass · Post by **Boxerlass** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:02 pm

Mick Mac wrote:I love their reaction when their producer turns up on an S near the end.

Hey, dont give the plot away

I'm up to episode 7 on the DVD!

It is an extrordanarily good series; loved every minute of it, and the lads are great characters.

Pauline

boxerpan · Post by **boxerpan** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:47 pm

Todays paper suggested that Charlie will be looking at next years Paris-Dakar rally raid, anyone give me odds how many days he would last without the backup team ?

PBBoxer · Post by **PBBoxer** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:52 pm

How many days?.....

Five

Mind you, after seeing the long way round, respect to them both regardless of whether they had backup of not. Paris Dakar though, justa bit different!

boxerpan · Post by **boxerpan** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:36 pm

Just a bit, they did very well regardless

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:10 pm

Got the 'SE' version of LWR a couple of weeks ago - definitely worth getting, even if you have the original.

YouTube · Post by **Paul** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:02 pm

Ricardo,

What do you get on the SE eddition that you don't get on the "cooking" DVD? How many copies did you buy this time

Paul

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:10 pm

Paul wrote:Ricardo,
What do you get on the SE eddition that you don't get on the "cooking" DVD? How many copies did you buy this time
Paul

Paul - there are, apparently, 3 extra episodes' worth of footage. There's loads more about the Canada/USA bit and a fair bit more on the prep side of the trip. Put it this way, there were more than a few 'hang on...this bit's new' moments when I forced Ann to watch (some of) it the other night. She was very appreciative of my wealth of knowledge, as usual, and hung onto every word....