When Polly Evans read a survey claiming that the last bastion of masculinity, the real Kiwi bloke, was about to breathe his last, she was seized by a sense of foreboding. Abandoning the London winter she took off on a motorbike for the windswept beaches and golden plains of New Zealand, hoping to root out some examples of this endangered species for posterity.

I bought this book before visiting NZ a few years back, and I can honestly say that I didn't find it very inspiring. I like travel books but found Polly Evans a bit trite and dismissive - more concerned with her own preconceived notions than with experiencing anything new or challenging.

Anyway, I hope this book has a great journey with some intrepid BCer.

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