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The Only Way Is West

A Once in a Lifetime, 500 Mile Adventure Walking Spain’s Camino de Santiago

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The Only Way Is West

By: Bradley Chermside
Narrated by: Joel Daffurn
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About this listen

The international best seller.

What would you do if you're given a €20 note in Greece with an email address scribbled on it:

  1. Spend it?
  2. Slip the suspect counterfeit bill into an enemy’s birthday card?
  3. Send an email, hoping it will lead to you finding everlasting love?

Brad, a hopeless romantic, chose the latter.

Two years later, his love life remains a disaster and his career is misfiring. As he’s about to walk Spain’s fabled Camino de Santiago to ponder some profound life changes, Brad receives a reply. Incredibly, it’s from a woman who lives on the 1000-year-old pilgrimage trail, far away from where the money first crossed his palm. She invites him to sleep..."on her house".

Hiking 900km on the Road to Santiago to a blind date with the mystery €20 woman, he meets fellow pilgrims and natives who make him believe more than ever in the kindness of the human spirit, befriends a Hungarian who speaks English in song titles and has his raison d’être revealed to him by a barefoot Mayan mystic. Will he meet his happily-ever-after along the way too?

Buy this pacy, laugh-out-loud travelogue to find out now...

  • Best seller in the UK - Humorous essays, travelogues, and religious travel categories.
  • Best seller in the USA - Sports essays, ecotourism, and literary travel.
  • Best seller in Canada - Humorous essays and travelogues.
  • Best seller in Australia - Humorous essays and travelogues.
  • Best seller in India - Religious travel.
©2019 Bradley Chermside (P)2020 Bradley Chermside Europe Travel Writing & Commentary Western Europe Comedy Witty Funny Inspiring Walking Travel

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Critic reviews

"An inspiring, touching, heartfelt and funny memoir that made me howl with laughter throughout. A wonderful read." (Kevin Hand, BBC London)

"This book would be a great read for anyone planning their own Camino, or for those who like adventure and travel memoirs written with honesty, emotion and humour." (French Village Diaries)
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a highly entertaining listen. the narrator made the book come alive and made it hard to put down.

inspired

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Loved it, to the point that I would consider doing it myself. Great story with the right amount of humour, interesting facts, and getting an insight to the camino. Didn't want it to end. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Highly recommended.

Excellent story/narrative

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One of my favourite audible listens funny and engaging loved every minute of it brilliant

Brilliant

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One of my favourite listens, I hope to become a pilgrim too, thanks for sharing your story

A great journey & listen

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The book is a very good combination of a view into hiking the Camino de Santiago and a funny personally story about his search for a girl and a different lifestyle

Very good and funny book

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A refreshingly honest and inspiring book, that made me laugh out loud. Heartwarming and inspirational, loved it from start to finish. Recommend it to anyone interested in doing the Camino a little soul searching or just wanting to read a really good book!

Brilliantly written, uplifting book about the Camino, camaraderie and adventure

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An enjoyable romp and insight to a young Brit’s trek to find his true self and a patience amongst strangers . A nice diary of the Camino challenge .
Should I follow ? Maybe …

Perhaps a prompt to a Camino

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Loved the adventure Brad takes you on both his personal journey and walk across Spain.

Highly recommended

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I listened to this book whilst during my many walks whilst training for the Camino de Santiago. I found this book really funny and the narration excellent. This book is an honest narration of the author's walk through the Camino and the many pilgrims he meets through his journey. I really enjoyed this book.

Very funny story and narration

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most enjoyable, funny , interesting stories on his journey, excited for mine interesting characters on his journey

funny witty enjoyable

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