Dave Clarke is an inveterate adventurer: a man with an incurable desire to test his physical & mental limits against the forces of nature. He has a passionate relationship with rugged country & wild oceans constantly seeking out new challenges where he is able to commune with the natural world & find solace & freedom from the constraints of a busy working life. One of his favourite environments is the deep ocean; as he puts it one of the last great wildernesses & one that can never be tamed." From an early age he drew inspiration from the sea & the men who took their living from it. Self-taught in sailing skills he sailed solo & unsupported from Falmouth to Barbados across the great North Atlantic in one of the smallest boats to ever make the journey; described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as a story that turned a dream into a life-changing reality. & now Dave has another adventure to relate. In " Solo: A Thousand Miles from Anywhere" he again hears the siren call of the great oceans & attempts to row single-handed & unsupported the three thousand mile journey across the Atlantic
- despite never having rowed a boat in his life. This book is about that adventure. Of the year-long struggle to find the funds the problems of boat design & construction the frustrations of bureaucracy the heartbreak of leaving his family for many months the pain & joy of ocean rowing & the eventual success that brought its own difficult re-adjustments. " Solo" is the inspiring story of an ordinary man who refused to let go of his dream. Written with humour self-deprecation & deep insights that can only come when youre on your own
- a thousand miles from anywhere."