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Three programmes In which Christopher Matthew talks to travellers about the reality rather than romance of journeys. 1: Two Men in a Boat
In 1871. Geoff Allum and his cousin spent 73 days rowing the Atlantic from Las Palmas to Barbados in a boat not much bigger than a dining-room table'. '. He recalls the journey now in terms of physical discomforts and mental anguish.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

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Talks:
Christopher Matthew
Unknown:
Geoff Allum
Producer:
Alastair Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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