Bob Jack Articles

Tough Guy 2002: The Return of Sumo – Wolverhampton, England

Tough Guy is billed as the ‘hardest’ mass competit

Happy Christmas, West Timor – Indonesia

Bob Jack didn’t understand what the soldiers were

Conquering Everest: The First, The Fastest, and the Fourteen-year-old

Whether you’re the first, the fastest or a fourtee

Liverpool, England – September 1999

Liverpool really does have something for everyone. Last time I wrote about The Beat Route – the history of popular music and the on-going club scene.
Bill Bryson, in his “Notes from a Small Island” waxed lyrical about the pubs in Liverpool and referred, tongue in cheek, to the Festival of Litter.
The Festival of Litter is [...]

The Cotswold Way – England

Perfect if you are a keen walker, have a week to s

Chipping Campden, England – June 1999

Once you have arrived in England, and have covered London’s tourist traps, you may crave some peace and quiet in traditional English scenery. If you are heading for Stratford upon Avon, there is an idyllic village called
Chipping Campden, lying only 12 miles south that has by reputation, “the most beautiful village street” in England. [...]