Tim Moore

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Tim Moore during his tour of the Iron Curtain Trail on the Black Sea coast (2015)

Tim Moore (born May 18, 1964 in Chipping Norton ) is a British author and journalist. His books and texts are mostly about travel and cycling in a humorous way .

biography

After finishing school, Tim Moore began studying that "ended strangely," as he says himself - the exact circumstances are unknown. He then worked as a journalist for various newspapers and as a video game critic .

In 1998 Moore went on a trip to the Arctic “by chance” , after which the book Frost on My Mustache was written, in which he traces a journey by Lord Dufferin to the northern spheres. In 2005 his book Two Donkeys on the Camino de Santiago was published for the first time , in which he reports on his experiences on the Camino de Santiago accompanied by a donkey named Shinto .

In 2014 Tim Moore published the book Gironimo! A man, a bike and the toughest tour of Italy of all time , which, due to his re-enactment of the 3162 kilometer Giro d'Italia 1914 , in which 81 riders started, but only eight reached the finish, with one made from contemporary components (including wooden rims ) assembled wheel was created. “Tim Moore interweaves Gironimo with incomparable humor ! own suffering and experience with astonishing reminiscences of a race from the heroic era of cycling, which is certainly not exaggerated to be described as ludicrous. "In 2017, his book Mit dem Klapprad in die Kälte (original title: The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold ) was published. on the shortlist for the cycling book of the year at the British Cross Sports book Awards . In it, he describes his experiences while driving down the former Iron Curtain on the 10,000-kilometer EuroVelo 13 - also known as the Iron Curtain Trail - with a MIFA mini-bike made in the GDR that cost him £ 50 when he bought it. By 2017 he had published nine books in English.

In addition to his work as a book author, Moore writes columns for newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph , the Observer , the Sunday Times , the Guardian , the Financial Times and the BBC Lonely Planet Magazine .

Publications (selection)

  • With the folding bike in the cold: Adventure on the Iron Curtain Trail , from the English The Cyclist who went out in the Cold by Olaf Bentkämper, Covadonga, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-017-8 .
  • Gironimo! One man, one bike and the toughest tour of Italy of all time . From the English by Olaf Bentkämper (= Girondino ), Covadonga, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-936973-97-6 .
  • Two donkeys on the Camino de Santiago . Covadonga, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-936973-39-6 .
  • Zero points. A bit of failure at the Eurovision Song Contest , from the English Nul Points , Covadonga, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-936973-28-0 .
  • Tortour de France. The toughest bike race in the world in a self-experiment . Covadonga, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-27311-4 .
  • Gironimo! One man, one bike and the toughest tour of Italy of all time . Covadonga, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-936973-97-6 .
  • With the folding bike in the cold. Adventure on the Iron Curtain Trail . Covadonga, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-95726-017-8 .
  • Alpine passes & anchovies: an eccentric Tour de France , from the English French Revolutions by Olaf Bentkämper and Jens Kirschneck, Covadongva , Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 978-3-936973-05-1 .
  • T for trouble. With Ford's Tin Lizzy through Trump's America . Covadonga, Bielefeld 2019, ISBN 978-3-95726-038-3 .

Web links

Commons : Tim Moore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gironimo! In: Covadonga Verlag - Rainer Sprehe. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Tim Moore. In: goodreads.com. May 18, 1964. Retrieved August 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Moore, Tim. In: rcwlitagency.com. Accessed August 21, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Tim Moore: Two donkeys on the Way of St. James. In: perlentaucher.de. January 27, 2006, accessed August 25, 2017 .
  5. ↑ BBC - Book Of The Week: Gironimo! Riding The Very Terrible 1914 Tour Of Italy. In: bbc.co.uk. Accessed August 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Book tip: Gironimo! - One man, one bike and the toughest tour of all time. In: ilovecycling.de. October 3, 2014, accessed August 21, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Juliet Macur: 'Gironimo!' and 'Lanterne Rouge'. In: nytimes.com. May 29, 2015, accessed August 21, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Tim Moore: I cycled 10,000km along the Iron Curtain on a £ 50 bike. In: telegraph.co.uk. October 1, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Tim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Chipping Norton