Win a copy of Gullible’s Travels, the anthology of tales from John Carter

Gullible's Travel by John Carter This prize draw is now closed.

“Early in my writing career, I was told by a veteran hack that, to qualify as a bona fide ‘traveller’s tale’, an anecdote must be 100 per cent true – and 99 per cent unbelievable.”

This month we have a competition that might take you down memory lane, with three copies of John Carter’s new Gullible’s Travels to giveaway. John, a patron of Silver Travel Advisor, is best-known as the former presenter of both the BBC’s Holiday and ITV’s Wish You Were Here programmes, and this amusing new anthology brings together tales from over half a decade of travel broadcasting and travel writing. From bumping into Sophia Loren in a Montenegrin bar, being gored by a duck at Pamplona’s infamous bull-running to being thrown out of a Moroccan Royal wedding for photographing the King’s mistress, this eclectic collection reveals the stories and escapades that never made it to print or screen.

To be in with a chance of winning a copy, complete this sentence: My most unbelievable travel experience was …

You can do this either in the Comments section or by joining in the Forum thread below.

For an exclusive 30% discount on John’s Gullible’s Travels visit www.bradtguides.com and enter the code SILVER30 at the checkout.

John Carter tells some of his travel tales!

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