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Excess Baggage: Maine - Tour d'Afrique - Fallowell's travels

Maine - Tour d'Afrique - Fallowell's travels

10/09/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Maine - Tour d'Afrique - Fallowell's travels

John McCarthy introduces the Tour d'Afrique by cycle, Maine and Duncan Fallowell's travels

John McCarthy introduces Alice Morrison who cycled the Tour d'Afrique, John Connolly on the US state of Maine, and Duncan Fallowell's travels to Gozo and India.

John McCarthy introduces businesswoman Alice Morrison who took time off from the recession to ride from Cairo to Cape Town on the Tour d'Afrique cycle race, braving bandits and wildlife for a life changing experience. Best selling crime novelist John Connolly talks about his love of the US state of Maine despite not liking two of its great attractions, hunting and seafood. And writer Duncan Fallowell talks about his travels to Gozo, India and South Wales in search of people who have disappeared from view.

Producer: Harry Parker.

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