Seven travellers' tales 5: Down the Bus Route and Round the Horn ... setting off is the worst experience on earth: you might never see your wife or your family again and all you've got to look forward to are a few months living in a space the size of a dining room table ...'
Christopher Matthew explores the fascination of long-distance voyages with four sea travellers: round-the-world yachtsman Robin Knox -Johnston, trans-Atlantic race veteran Bill Howell. crew member
Libby Purves , and Geoff Allum , who.neverhavingbeen in a boat, decided to row the Atlantic.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester