Long Way Home

The ferry they take and they arrive on is not the same one - how can you do an edit like that? Too many fast cuts and not enough insights. I've travelled the same roads by motorbike as well and there is sooooo much to explore and it seems the guys just skip 80% of the interesting locations :(

I've been a big fan of Long Way series and Long Way Round even inspired me to get my motorcycle license. Probably they should just release it on YouTube with more content?

Really looking forward to the next episodes, but so far the first 5 episodes are just too fast. Svalbard was cool though. Hope to travel there as well one time.

It's very touristy, highly planified and not very adventurous and surprising, but people: it's Europe!! It is not so easy to find the middle of nowhere, remote locations, places where there is no network, petrol, food, electricity, people.

So, it cannot be like Africa or South America. Scandinavia, The Alps and the ex USSR countries have some rare dangers (bears, wolves and avalanches), but that's all.

Those who are disappointed were expecting too much.

They tried to make the trip more adventurous by using old bikes, unfortunately they are too reliable.

The best images until now in the Long Way series.

I've watched all four of these and this one is definitely the tamest. Like another reviewer pointed out, it's Europe. So, less adventurous and more epicurean. We spend ten episodes watching two middle aged men sample the baked goods in a dozen countries while witnessing the quirky sporting events unique to those nations. Not exactly thrilling, not even a little bit edge of the seat, but like a travel documentary that moves too quickly from one thing to the next and leaves you ultimately feeling a bit empty. Despite the beautiful high def imagery and a couple of transcendent moments (usually around the colorful characters the men meet along the way; in one case some lovely music that's made) this season was a little disappointing.

I remember drooling in front of the TV as a kid while watching these two "very well working together" characters enjoying their adventures around the globe. Long way home brings me back in time and I think it's made for the old fans. I would like to see one series from Eastern europe or Asia. Charley Boorman had a series about Asia called " Freedom riders Asia". It was brilliant. I thought this Long way series will be a little bit boring because europe is a pretty safe playground but not long ago I started riding motorbike (because of these two) and I have to tell you, It is not so safe as I thought.

I've only watched episodes 1 & 2, so I can't comment on the whole series as yet. From what I've seen so far, the show looks interesting & entertaining. I'm particularly interested in this for ideas to tour around Europe, seeing as I'm based on said continent.

Where I think this show will suffer is with comparisons to Long Way Round / Down. If you're looking for that kind of adventure travel show, then this series will not scratch that itch. That isn't to say that this series doesn't look good, because it does. But this is road bikes touring interesting places in Europe, not big off roaders touring the middle of nowhere. For that I'm pleased. It makes travelling to the places in this series much more accessible to most people and that definitely gives another dimension to the viewing, in that you can make a note of destinations and start planning your own trip, should you be a bike rider longing for travel, like myself.

Is this series as breakthrough and cutting edge as Long Way Round? No, but that was 20 years ago. That series was truly a thing of beauty, excitement & wonder and we should count ourselves lucky to have been witness to it all via the tech available at the time. It still holds up incredibly well today as it did 20 years ago and is a highly re-watchable show. But we all need to move on from expecting that again because 1) they've done that b) the world is a vastly difference place and c) everybody's older and slightly more bust-up from years of living & riding.

Does this have the same charm, entertainment, spirit & ethos as the previous 3 series? Absolutely. If you enjoy watching Charley, Ewan, Claudio, Dave, Russ & co doing their thing, then you'll not be disappointed.

8 out of 10 stars based on the first 2 episodes. Fingers crossed that the score keeps going up from there.

P. S.

Would be awesome to see the crew doing a similar thing to this across East & Southeast Asia. It'd still be road based, but with more an adventure feel. Fingers crossed! Either way, it's great to see the crew back together, keep them coming!