Free Country Quotes

“There was something very poetic about lying on the hay, beneath the polythene roof. This was how we had spent our first night, on the hay next to the bull in Harry Mann’s barn. During the 18 days in-between we had slept in a posh hotel, a canal boat, a student house, a pub, a tent in a car park, a hitman’s sitting room, an elderly lady’s spare bedroom, a hostel, a bunk house, a farm house, our own self-contained flat, our own house, and now we were back on the hay. We had gone full circle. Out of all of the different types of accommodation, our two nights on the hay were undoubtedly our most comfortable. Next time you hear the nativity story, don’t feel sorry for Mary and Joseph; they had it very lucky indeed.”
― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

“I don’t know, but your bike is rubbish. It must need some new bits.’ ‘It probably does, but I’ve got no idea which bits would make it less rubbish if we replaced them.”
― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

“Ben looked thoroughly depressed as he pulled the already wet bin liner over his head and climbed aboard The Horse. Out of context, that last sentence would sound very strange.”
― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

“Robert Burns House is a small sandstone house just outside Dumfries city centre. It is where he wrote many of his most famous poems, such as that one about the thingy, and that other one about that place. The man who worked”
― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

“The plan was simple. We had three weeks to get from the bottom of England to the top of Scotland – by foot or by bike – without spending a single penny. Setting off in just a pair of Union Jack boxer shorts, we hoped to rely on the generosity of the British public to help us with everything from accommodation to food, clothes to shoes, and bikes to beer.”
― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

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― George Mahood, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain