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April 24, 2013
Duncan Gough
Biography
"The first time I visited Spain I felt at ease, felt like I was coming home. That feeling has only deepened over the years."
That first time was in the early '80s when Duncan visited his parents who had built a house near Ronda in Andalusia. By 2000 he was hooked on Iberia and began making annual trips on his Moto Guzzi motorbike; as always in his travels, accompanied by a sketchbook. He wrote articles about these journeys and in 2010 these were collected with other articles in his first self-published book, 'Back Roads of Spain'. Since then, he has published a further nine books.
Duncan was born in London, but at the age of three, his family moved to a mixed fruit farm in the middle of 100 acres of Rhodesian bush. An unusual early childhood was spent nearly always barefoot, spending a lot of time off in the bush learning self-reliance and about the natural world. At the age of eighteen, he got a job on a sugar-cane farm in Zululand, South Africa. In the following years, he worked on feature films, as a boat-fitter/engineer in Greece, and a cabinet maker. He became in his own words - "A Jack of all trades".
In 1980, he took a degree in Visual Art at Aberystwyth University, and in the years since, has added Theatre Designer and Tour Guide to his C.V. He is now a full-time Travel Writer whilst working on a series of Historical Novels set in the 1800s.
That first time was in the early '80s when Duncan visited his parents who had built a house near Ronda in Andalusia. By 2000 he was hooked on Iberia and began making annual trips on his Moto Guzzi motorbike; as always in his travels, accompanied by a sketchbook. He wrote articles about these journeys and in 2010 these were collected with other articles in his first self-published book, 'Back Roads of Spain'. Since then, he has published a further nine books.
Duncan was born in London, but at the age of three, his family moved to a mixed fruit farm in the middle of 100 acres of Rhodesian bush. An unusual early childhood was spent nearly always barefoot, spending a lot of time off in the bush learning self-reliance and about the natural world. At the age of eighteen, he got a job on a sugar-cane farm in Zululand, South Africa. In the following years, he worked on feature films, as a boat-fitter/engineer in Greece, and a cabinet maker. He became in his own words - "A Jack of all trades".
In 1980, he took a degree in Visual Art at Aberystwyth University, and in the years since, has added Theatre Designer and Tour Guide to his C.V. He is now a full-time Travel Writer whilst working on a series of Historical Novels set in the 1800s.
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Books
Back Roads to Monte Perdido - Santander to the Parador de Bielsa
by Duncan Gough
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 11,530.
Language:
English.
Published: April 24, 2020
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Europe, Nonfiction » Travel » Road travel
An eight day tour staying in the Paradors of Limpias, Sos del Rey Católico, Bielsa and Santo Domingo de Calzada.
Based on a mid-June Itinerary.
Back Roads of Spain
by Duncan Gough
Price:
$10.00 USD.
Words: 36,270.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: April 24, 2013
by
Duncan Gough.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Europe
Every year from 2000 till 2010 I rode to Spain on my Moto Guzzi V10 Centauro.
This book is largely about my experiences on those journeys, but also includes articles on more general motorcycling and travel themes as well as life and the way we experience it.
Unfortunately the e-book versions could not have all the 100+ sketches, maps and photos that the print version has.