The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Three: France and Albania

The Man in the Tent #3

by Tony Beardsall

In the third part of Tony’s account we find him in southern France with his new sweetheart Sylvie. Despite having a lovely time in the Cévennes, a chance encounter with Arjan, a young Albanian exile and fellow camping aficionado, leads him across the Adriatic to a country he knows absolutely nothing about.

Genres: Travel

207 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2021

Reviews

[Neil Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very enjoyable book to read, maybe not quite as much as the first 2 in the series but still kept me gripped

[Linda C · Rating 4 out of 5]

In his third memoir on his wild camping life in England and Spain, Tony goes to France to spend time with a French artist, Sylvie, whom he met in Spain. He mixes camping with stays at her home. While there he meets a young Albanian laborer who has spent 7 years in France saving up to return home and settle down. He is also a hiker and camper. He asks Tony to accompany him to Albania for a month of camping. The book covers his stay, the people and travel he does and the decision-making he has to do to determine what he will do next, in France or Spain. Another interesting story. Book one is still my favorite.

[Mrs Olga A Danes-Volkov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another entertaining read

Having read his first book I knew I would enjoy this one. He is a light, easy read while being amazingly honest about everything. I just hope that he’s now writing the next episode as I’m really keen to know how it turned out! Recommended.

[M Hewitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drone

Shame. I was really looking forward to this and it didnt disappoint until it got to the Albanian part. From then on it was ad verbatim word for word droning conversations that had taken place. Hope the next instalment is more like the first 2 books.

[j f wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy happy reading, couldn't put it down

Brilliant, although close to my home area in the UK so I could be biased. A great account and not bogged down in any detail where it could have been.

[Ben Twoonezero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jugmental.

A good book but as he writes he becomes more judgemental and his opinions border on snobbish. For example he describes a waiter as not knowledgeable enough to have a informed opinion. ! I do not think I would like him if I met him.

[Gary fowler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book opens your eyes to how life can be so adventurous.

I'm still finding reading these books worthwhile. And enjoying the fact that you never know how things turn out if you travel and are open-minded.

[Dave Fletcher · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me personally this boom was a bit of a let down, it was all about his new Albanian friend.
Hopefully the next one will be better

[m e jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

enjoyed this book

Very good read, and continuation of the last two. Looking forward to the fourth instalment. Don’t want them to end.

[Nunyah Biznuss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ploughing my way through the series. There was an interesting twist with him heading to Albania and leaving Sylvie behind. Now for book 4.

[Colin Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third book in the series. Much like my review of the second one set in Spain, this basically in the same format. This time the book is part Spain going on the France onto Albania and then back to France. There is some interesting parts. In this book Tony writes about his relationship with a lady met on his camping exploits. They return to her home in France, then off to Albania with a man he befriended again in France who asked to join him on his return to his home country. He leaves the lady saying he will return. Again it's a fairly interesting set of stories and not as good as his first book. There's lots of dialog that get's rather tedious because it reads like a script for a forthcoming soap series on TV. The written dialog need's to be edited done because I cannot believe the author could remember every word said between the events and people he met.. So if you liked the 2nd book then this is basically the same. Great adventure and interesting story, but I personally found the constant dialog detail uninteresting. Still a very great read if you don't mind the constant chat and there's a very good description of the places Tony visited. I do hope that Tony writes a another book, because it would be nice to know where he is now and how he's getting on in life.