On Hannibal's Trail ...new BBC4 TV series

Velocio · Post by **Velocio** » 17 Jul 2010, 10:46am

The three Australian ...Wood brothers ...embark on a cycling journey to follow the footsteps of Carthaginian military commander ...Hannibal Barca ...cycling from Spain ...over the Pyrenees and the Alps ...into Italy ...but without the elephants...!

...here's more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6skb

...the 6-week series starts Monday 19th July 8.30pm BBC4

Velocio · Post by **Velocio** » 17 Jul 2010, 3:10pm

The three Australian ...Wood brothers ...embark on a cycling journey to follow the footsteps of Carthaginian military commander ...Hannibal Barca ...cycling from Spain ...over the Pyrenees and the Alps ...into Italy ...but without the elephants...!

...here's more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6skb

...the 6-week series starts Monday 19th July 8.30pm BBC4

Post by Si » 17 Jul 2010, 3:35pm

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horizon · Post by **horizon** » 17 Jul 2010, 4:31pm

I've cycled their route from Alicante down to Cartagena and remember sitting in a fairly random cafe surrounded by Roman remains in glass cases in the street. On my last trip you couldn't fail to notice the castle at Sagunto. Coastal Spain seems to get a bad press for cycling on these pages which is a shame - after all, you do usually have a handy beach to stop at. Spain is an incredible country historically - it's just that you have to dig (literally and metaphorically) a bit more past their fairly casual attitude to their past to get to the treasures. While we are on the subject, it's always worth a trip to Spain to see what's there before it goes - most of Spain's more recent past has been obliterated. I say thank goodness for the recession.

Slowroad · Post by **Slowroad** » 19 Jul 2010, 10:00pm

Watched the first episode tonight - could be a little picky, but generally enjoyed it, nice to see touring cyclists on the telly!

Velocio · Post by **Velocio** » 20 Jul 2010, 12:16am

...it was an interesting start ...great scenery ...and the three Wood brothers are all pretty good broadcasters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7mKsDmDDI0

keyboardmonkey · Post by **keyboardmonkey** » 20 Jul 2010, 6:58am

Missed it, but repeated Wed 1.50am. Crikey, there's a YHA documentary at 11.20pm tonight, too.

Post by Si » 20 Jul 2010, 9:07am

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Big T · Post by **Big T** » 20 Jul 2010, 12:55pm

Did anyone notice they were all riding Hewitt touring bikes?

cycleruk · Post by **cycleruk** » 20 Jul 2010, 8:22pm

If you missed the first episode, its available on BBC iPlayer.

AlbionLass · Post by **AlbionLass** » 20 Jul 2010, 8:25pm

I watched it but found it a little dull and unengaging, maybe I'm just picky.
However it did inspire my 13 year old son to spend the rest of the evening researching Hannibal on the net so I guess that's a good thing.

geocycle · Post by **geocycle** » 21 Jul 2010, 9:16am

Anyone notice the resemblance to the Wiggles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWQCHb95rg

A gently enjoyable programme, interesting topic and great to see touring on the tv.

AlbionLass · Post by **AlbionLass** » 21 Jul 2010, 9:27am

geocycle wrote:Anyone notice the resemblance to the Wiggles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWQCHb95rg

A gently enjoyable programme, interesting topic and great to see touring on the tv.

My son and I commented on their resemblance to The Wiggles. :lol:

Big T · Post by **Big T** » 27 Jul 2010, 1:21pm

Watched this again last night.

Did anyone else notice that they are all riding around with nearly empty panniers, but appear to have great big tents and lots of equipment?

I suspect that the support/camera car/van is carrying most of their stuff and the panniers are just for effect.

Some nice scenery through the Pyrennees, but what tyres are they using? One rider had 6 punctures in a day.

eileithyia · Post by **eileithyia** » 27 Jul 2010, 2:12pm

interesting series.

i did notice in the first series there was a side on shot of them riding past with sunset behind and no panniers at all (sky+ is great cos you can pause and re-wind to double check).
i did notice the rather empty front panniers towards the end of yesterdays programme, but in at least one shot it was obvious that a tent was strapped to the top of the pannier rack.
they are all carrying rather substantial sized tents for them to occupying one each, no sharing out of the kit......

good advert for hewitt and carradice.

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