The Hike Audiobook (Free)

Freddy, Phil and Don are three grumpy old males, travelling at various speeds in the gradual lane of pension, at a loss to comprehend the mad contemporary globe around them.

Their chosen approach to escape from all this is a shared weekly hike in the Peak District, come gale, hail, snow or torrential rain. They pass the time bumping into colourful and eccentric locals, but their real passion is normally bickering among themselves. Not only about the right path to take, but also about where they’re all heading at about The Hike the fag end of life. Phil likes to dash up hillsides trying to defeat his personal best, while Freddy plots how exactly to sabotage him – teasing him at leisure and requesting deep and tough questions. Stuck in the middle, Don’s just ambition is to stop the squabbling getting out of hand long more than enough to find a fine pub for lunch time.

As warm simply because the wind is cold, as dry simply because the lashing rain is wet, The Hike is a hilarious tale of bum-warmers, crayfish-fanciers, East German Trabant enthusiasts, bodger philosophers, sticky ginger cake, gorgeous countryside and the subtle art of ‘onedownmanship’.