The tale of a grumpy, middle-aged man who was too stubborn to admit he could not find his way across the Sahara Desert all the way to the fabled city of Timbuktu, and consequently did!

A journal of 38 day's travel with full colour photographs of each stage including Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali as well as a selection of rancorous comments on African cuisine, hygiene, road maintenance, customer service..