As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice-President of Botswana Book

Going the extra mile- hell for leather!As one third of the BBC's Top Gear team, Richard Hammond's year has been full of stunts and perils. He spends part of the year learning how to ski cross-country and handle a dog-sled for a race to the North Pole, which he loses. Then he has to battle through the saltpans of Botswana in a car named Oliver. Converting a camper-van in an attempt to cross the Channel is a predictable disaster and he has to be rescued and he has to be rescued from the sea. A brief stop-over at home coincides with the great floods. He is forced to abandon his car seventeen miles from home and run all night to be back in time for his daughter's birthday party. A surreal interlude sees him in pursuit of his eccentric hero, Evel Knievel, in Butte, Montana, where he is roundly snubbed.With his keen eye for the irreverent, and a boundless optimism in the face of almost certain failure, Richard's experiences are never less than hilarious. He has become one of our funniest writers about a life (and a job) which constantly present a challenge.Read More