num_pages: 256
description: Whilst in Ireland for an International Song Competition, Tony Hawks was amazed to see a hitch-hiker trying to thumb a lift, but with a fridge. This seemed amazingly optimistic - his Irish friends, however, thought nothing of it at all. 'I had clearly arrived in a country', writes Tony, 'where the qualification for 'eccentric' involved a great deal more than that to which I had become used'. Years pass. . . but the fridge incident haunts our author. Until one night, heavy with drink, he finds himself arguing about Ireland with a friend. It is, he insists, 'a magical place', so magical in fact, that a man could even get a lift with a fridge. The next morning there is a note by his bed. 'I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitch around the circumference of Ireland with a fridge within one calendar month. ' The document was signed. The bet was made. This book is the story of Tony's adventures through that incredible month. The people he meets, the difficulties, the triumphs, The Fridge.
language: English
title: Round Ireland With A Fridge
titlecomplete: Round Ireland With A Fridge
genres: Adventure, Comedy, Ireland, Irish Literature, Travel, Humor, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 19172
places: Ireland
publisher: Ebury Press