Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain

Update 5/18/17: Our new book club in Silverton, Oregon chose Free Country for our first book of the month. Everyone gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up! We couldn't stop laughing sharing fun moments from the book! Thank you, George, and Ben, for entertaining us all month!

If you're looking for a fun, feel good, laugh out loud kind of read that takes you on an unimaginable adventure-look no further! George Mahood's Free Country is clever, well written, and hilarious with a fresh, fun storyline. This is my third reading and I've enjoyed it just as much each time, and shared it with friends who loved it too! Just the entertaining idea of two young guys starting a 1000 mile walk across Great Britain in their underwear-on a whim is a riot! It's clear early on they had no idea what they were getting themselves in for and that's when it gets fun!
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Just finished reading this. Well written humorous tale.

Want to relax with an enjoyable and hilarious adventure? This will give you that. Great book.

Free Country is a joyful book that chronicles the adventures of George and Ben as they cycle their way from end to end of Britain. In this era where selfishness seems to be the dominant trait of many people, it was refreshing to experience the opposite of selfishness in the willingness of the British people to support a couple of vagabonds mooching their way across the country. And for good measure the book has some truly “laugh out loud” moments. Thanks George for sharing your adventure with me and other readers!

Very funny book about the author and his friend starting a trip with no money or clothes. Just relying on the kindness of the people they met along the way as they walk from the bottom of England to the top of Scotland. They start out in only boxer shorts and soon hit up lost and found boxes wherever they can for clothing and shoes. I don't want to give too much away, but they want to cover 1000 miles in 3 weeks. A wonderful author. I enjoyed this book so much I bought all 5 of the books he has written. Lots of laughs!

Doing LEJOG May 2017 so bought this for inspiration. Wasn't expecting the 'can't put it down' experience from a cycling book, but it was exactly that. George writes with great humour and honesty. Both the book and the generosity of the British people are a real inspiration. Would highly recommend.

Tremendously fun read. George's humor is laugh out loud funny (for the right comedic palette, which I happen to have...). Lightweight, engaging, and surprisingly up-lifting.

This book was so fun to read and it makes me want to travel throughout Britain! Must read!!!

Really enjoyed this charming book! Laughed out loud and had my faith in humanity restored.

I was recommended this book by an American friend. I found this a little odd, as this is a very British book, in its writing, its sense of humor and its cultural references. It must have crossed the Atlantic successfully though, as she loved it. It's not the sort of book I tend to read, preferring fiction, but I was immediately captivated by George's writing style and soon became engrossed in the story itself. It has a freshness and almost a naivety that I found totally engaging, to the extent that on finishing I immediately clicked the Kindle link to another of his books, Operation Ironman.