Saddling up Anyway: Rough Notes from the Road Less Travelled

After leaving Rugby School, Martin Cruickshank joined 15 Para, enlisted in the Spanish Legion and was commissioned into the Ulster Defence Regiment.Later, he fought with the Croatian army in the Balkans and then joined the Karen army in their struggle against the Burmese. He disarmed Afghan warlords before becoming a convoy commander in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anti-piracy on the Indian Ocean was followed by anti-poaching in Africa. He has set a world record for parachuting, cycled across the Sahara Desert and rowed across the Atlantic.Illustrated with over 150 unique colour photographs, this book is described by Tom McClean, former SAS trooper and solo ocean rower, as "a cracking read from start to finish!" Read more