Ewan McGregor - Long Way Down #1: Two men, two continents

**LilMouse** · 05-25-2007, 11:58 AM

since they are on the trip right now it's time to open a thread.

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Long Way Down updates

First, we'll start with the BBC Long Way Down website. The site is divided into 6 sections: Route Map, Route Log, Features, The Team, About the Trip and Mobile. We'll concentrate on the Route Log and the Features (should that section get updated), but it doesn't mean the other sections are not worth visiting.

The Route Map contains a Google Map of their route, along with their approximate location and links to their Route Logs. The Team contains links to logs of the members of the Long Way Down team. About the Trip is self-explanatory, and Mobile is to get extra content on your mobile phone for those lucky enough to live in the U.K.

Features contains the following articles and videos:
The Hazards (video: The Training)
The Trip (video: Survival Training)
Preparing for the trip (videos: Fitness Training and Dai on bites)
The Route (video: Working on the route)
The Bikes (video: Discussing the bikes)

Route Log contains the following articles, pictures and videos:
01- Charley, 05/05/2007, before departure (3 pictures, video: Charley's intro)
02- Ewan, 05/05/2007, before departure (2 pictures, video: Ewan's intro)
03- no log #3
04- Charley, 14/05/2007, John O'Groats, Scotland (3 pictures, video: Leaving John O' Groats)
05- Russ, 12/05/2007, before departure (1 picture, video: Russ Malkin intro)
06- David, 12/05/2007, before departure (1 picture, video: David Alexanian intro)
07- Charley, 18/05/2007, Dover, England (3 pictures, videos: Charley's farewell and Goodbye to the team)
08- Ewan, 20/05/2007, Chamonix-Mont Blanc (1 picture, videos: Heading into the tunnel and Towelette talk)
09- Claudio, 22/05/2007, Florence, Italy (2 pictures, videos: Camping and France in the Rain)
10- Ewan, 25/05/2007, Amalfi Coast, Italy (3 pictures, link to radio interview)

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New Long Way Down video

The Long Way Down BBC website has a new video called Time out in Sienna that features Charley. Click on the link below to see it.

Source: bbc.co.uk/longwaydown

**BehrItAll** · 05-25-2007, 09:17 PM

great new thread.
I'll be checking out the goodies
Thanks!

**LilMouse** · 05-26-2007, 02:21 PM

and now there's more goodies.

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Long Way Down gets plug on BBC Radio1

Author: Visordown News
Published: 24 May 07

EWAN MCGREGOR chatted to Radio1 DJ Chris Moyles this morning, plugging his latest adventure, The Long Way Down. Ewan and Charley will be heading from John O'Groats, Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa.

The trip will take 3 months and will see the riders and their support crew cross 20 countries in 3 months. Again, the pair will be riding on BMW Adventure bikes, this time, the R1200 GS Adventure.

Today's radio chat was with the team while they were stopping off in Florence. Their next country will be Tunisia, followed by Libya.

Moyles, Radio1's popular DJ, joked that he'll be taking on his own adventure, the Long Big Cake. Sounds about right!

You can listen to the interview here.

Source: visordown.com

He's hitting all the good places.

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More Long Way Down updates at the BBC

There's a new video on the welcome page, The trip so far... and there are two log entries (one from Charley and one from Ewan):

11- Charley, 25/05/2007, Scalea, Italy (3 pictures, videos: Charley in Siena (same as yesterday's Time out in Siena) and The 'mille miglia')
12- Ewan, 26/05/2007, Paola, Italy (3 pictures, videos: Scottish trails (same as The trip so far) and Roadside hospitality)

the video on the welcome page is so sweet cause he talks about his dad and brother and how they rode some of the way with him

**BehrItAll** · 05-26-2007, 06:26 PM

Well the radio won't play on Macs (why can't they have Quicktime too?)
but the welcome page was soo sweet

I love his hair.

**LilMouse** · 05-26-2007, 07:09 PM

idk. They must think no one has a Mac.

I hope they don't edit their trip through Europe to be this quick zip through. They did it with LWR.
I want a good amount of Europe time.

me too.

**LilMouse** · 05-29-2007, 12:08 PM

Ewan & Charley are OTP

ewan_playground: Long Way Down Charley & Ewan

I wonder if they're going to have more adventures after Long Way Up

BYtheSEA · 05-29-2007, 08:22 PM

Is Eve still going to join them for part of the trip?

**BehrItAll** · 05-29-2007, 09:05 PM

Long Way Up.

Susan, what's up?
She will.
I forget at which point but she will be there for a part of it.

merica · 05-30-2007, 05:22 AM

A LWD thread...
Some picture out of screen shots....

**LilMouse** · 05-30-2007, 11:15 AM

Love the pics merica And I love how Ewan & Charley are pimping the show on their shirts

Susan!!!! from what I know she's still joining them. It's going to be fun to watch her interaction with Ewan on the trip. We rarely get to see anything of Eve.

**LilMouse** · 05-30-2007, 05:15 PM

the family photo

ewan_playground: Africa here we come!

**BehrItAll** · 05-30-2007, 08:42 PM

merica, great pics

I love Ewan laughing in the second one.

BYtheSEA · 05-30-2007, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BehrItAll (View Post)

Susan, what's up?

Hi, Steph!

What's up? Not much, except a new obsession (hint - see my av and sig). I do still lurk on this board ... have to know what Ewan is doing and when I can catch him at the movies again.

merica - thanks for posting those pics! Ewan has a great smile.

Are they selling t-shirts? It would be cool to get one of those ... especially with McGregor on the back.

VerbalKint · 05-30-2007, 10:53 PM

Man, I was trying to keep track of LWD from the official site.. should have been on the BBC one. Now I feel lost. I'll just have to come here to keep updated

VerbalKint · 05-31-2007, 10:16 AM

I heard from TFN that while Ewan and Charley were in Tunisia (recently), they visited the site of the homestead from ANH/AOTC/ROTS

That has to make it into the show. Ewan and his Star Wars nerdiness