Touching the World, Cathy Birchall
Touching the World, Cathy Birchall
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Touching the World
A Blind Woman, Two Wheels, 25,000 Miles

Author: Cathy Birchall

Narrator: Bernard Smith

Unabridged: 19 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: M-Y Books Ltd.

Published: 04/01/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure


Synopsis

Cathy Birchall has been blind since she was in her mid 20s. Following the death of her husband of 19 years and finding herself blind and alone she put herself through college and became a Further Education Lecturer. Within this role she met Bernard Smith, and then took a year off from her job with Action for Blind People to go on this journey. Bernard, a motorcyclist for over 30 years, and a former teacher then working for the RNIB, had an ambition to circle the world. On their return from their trip Cathy went through treatment for cancer from which she is recovering. Bernard is now retired, but does a little consultancy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on April 13, 2020

I finished reading this book last night with tears running down my face and I had to write this review as soon as possible. If ever there was a book to really inspire everyone, here it is. What an amazing, gutsy, courageous journey! Cathy and Bernard's adventure is described with an emotional narrat......more

Goodreads review by Paula on November 22, 2013

I've read this one and can only say that it far, far, beyond a motorcycle travel book. I read it after my husband finished it and he told me I would like it..... I've read so many books (mainly novels although some travel books) and it is beyond the other travel books I've read in terms of writing,......more

Goodreads review by Gillian on August 14, 2022

Having worked in the Travel Industry for 30 years it couldn’t be more detached from the hungry tourists vying for perfect holidays with English speaking hotelier’s! Thank goodness!! I often wonder why the English travel as so many expect the locals to understand the English when it should be without......more

Goodreads review by Tamara on September 12, 2017

An inspiring travelogue of a blind woman's travel around the world with her sighted husband. After reading this book, it leaves the reader with a desire to rethink how they view the world as well as how they view those with disabilities. It was interesting that different countries have similarities......more

Goodreads review by Colin on January 21, 2019

What you see is mostly what you look for. That was one of the stickers on their bike. This is a great book, written with style and imagination and I would thoroughly recommend it. If you’re one of my visually impaired friends I would say this is not just another book about blindness, it is a travel bo......more