Introduction Hilary Bradt
THE AMERICAS
From Zoo Quest in Paraguay Sir David Attenborough
The Llama that Couldn't Gordon Thompson
Running with Parrots Katharine Lowrie
From Eight Feet in the Andes Dervla Murphy
Barry's Flying Visit Adrian Phillips
Pepper Pays her Passage Celia Dillow
Just a Dog Emma Laing
From The Whispering Land Gerald Durrell
Beer and Burras Graham Mackintosh
Spinny the Sea Cat Frances Howorth
Dapple the Reluctant Donkey John Harrison
EUROPE
Goldfish Trek Emma Macdonald
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis
Stevenson
Monty in a Basket Mike Gerrard
Smuggling Fleur Hugh Tucker
From High Albania Edith Durham, selected
and introduced by Elizabeth Gowing
Polly Kala Mary Johns
Understanding Peggy Hilary Bradt
From Zarafa Michael Allin
One Man and a Mule Hugh Thomson
Hedgehogs on the Road Tanis Jordan
From The Bible in Spain George Borrow
The Show Must Go On Sarah Pope
Lost and Found in the Arctic Kelsey Camacho
From Charles: The Story of a Friendship Michael Joseph
From Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy Ishbel Holmes
AFRICA
Habibi Sheelagh Reynolds
From The Sky is on Fire Magsie Hamilton Little
The White Cockerel Ash Dykes
Painted Wolves Jonathan Scott
Annie's Story Richard Kitzinger
An Elephant Called Abu Brian Jackman
Follow the Leader Suzy Pope
Our Long-Eared Holiday Companion Alison Ely
From Christian the Lion: the Ilustrated Legacy John Rendall
ASIA
From Travels on my Elephant Mark Shand
Finding Gobi Dion Leonard
Kenny Dom Tulett
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Bird
The Road to Blue Paradise Lu Barnham
Rani and Me Harjeet Johal
From Across Coveted Lands Henry Savage Landor
AUSTRALASIA
Piloted across the Indian Ocean Sarah Outen
Starboard Michael Howorth
Jack Sparrow Rachel A Davis
From Tracks Robyn Davidson
The stories in this book were selected and edited by Hilary Bradt
and Jennifer Barclay.
The founder of Bradt guides, Hilary Bradt, has travelled with
animals, mostly intentionally, for as long as she can remember. An
early memory at primary school was being summoned by the head
mistress to be shown her coat, hanging with the others in the
hallway. It, and the coats belonging to other little girls, were
covered in slimy trails ending in happily exploring snails. She had
filled her pockets with them at the bus stop. Later, when lecturing
on a cruise ship she lost a Madagascan hissing cockroach in her
cabin; fortunately it was retrieved before being found by the
cleaning staff. A more successful import from Madagascar was
Millicent the giant pill millipede who made it to England disguised
as a piece of camera equipment and lived for over a year in an
aquarium. The Big Journey with an animal, however, was the
thousand-mile ride through the west of Ireland, initially with
Mollie (described in this book's predecessor, Roam Alone), and then
with Peggy recounted in this new book. Now semi-retired, Hilary
lives with her two guinea pigs in Devon.
Jennifer Barclay is the author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to
Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, Falling in Honey: Life and Love
on a Greek Island and An Octopus in my Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek
Island. Growing up in a village in the north of England, she has
lived and worked in Canada and France, and travelled around New
South Wales, Australia, looking after animals from sheep to
pythons. A literary agent and editor since the 1990s, she has been
involved with books about both travel and animals for over a decade
and co-edited the Bradt anthologies The Irresponsible Traveller, To
Oldly Go and Roam Alone. She lives on a small island in the Aegean
and when not reading or writing can often be found hiking to
beaches or taking ferries to other islands while attached to her
dog, Lisa. She is always looking for dog-friendly places to stay
and despite the name of her blog, has never put an octopus in ouzo.
'Quirky collection' - BBC Wildlife Magazine
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