Tim Moore (born 18 May 1964 in

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) is a British

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and humourist. He was educated at

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in Hammersmith. In addition to his nine published travelogues to date, his writings have appeared in various publications including '' Esquire'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He was also briefly a journalist for the

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computer games magazine ''

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'', under the pseudonym Mr Hairs, alongside Mr Biffo (aka comedy and sitcom writer Paul Rose.) His book ''Frost On My Moustache'' is an account of a journey in which the author attempts to emulate Lord Dufferin's fearless spirit and enthusiastic adventuring, but comes to identify far more with Dufferin's permanently miserable butler, Wilson, as portrayed in Dufferin's travel book '' Letters From High Latitudes''. The book title refers to a joke Moore retells to his Scandinavian shipmates: "An Eskimo calls out a repair man to check his car. The mechanic checks under the bonnet and then offers a diagnosis: "Looks like you've blown a seal, mate." "No," says the driver, nervously fingering his upper lip, "it's just frost on my moustache."" In 2004, Moore presented an ITV programme based on his book ''Do Not Pass Go'', a travelogue of his journey around the locations that appear on a British

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board. In 2014, Moore released his 9th book, ''Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy'', which recounts his 2012 recreation of the difficult

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. For the recreation he used a period bicycle and wore a reproduction period costume. The book was featured as Book of the Week on

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Personal life

Moore lives in Chiswick,

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with his

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ic partner Birna Helgadóttir and their three children, Valdís, Kristján and Lilja. He is also a brother-in-law of Agnar Helgason and Asgeir Helgason, and son-in-law of Helgi Valdimarsson.

Bibliography

* ''Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer'' (1999) () * ''Continental Drifter: Taking the Low Road with the First Grand Tourist'' () (2000) (published in the

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as ''The Grand Tour: The European Adventure of a Continental Drifter'') () * ''French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France'' (2001) () * ''Do Not Pass Go: From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair'' (2002) () * ''Spanish Steps: Travels With My Donkey'' (2004) () (published in the USA as ''Travels with My Donkey: One Man and His Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago'') () * ''Nul Points'' (2006) () * ''I Believe in Yesterday: My Adventures in Living History '' (2008) () * ''You are Awful (But I Like You): Travels in Unloved Britain'' (2012) () * ''Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy'' (2014) () * ''The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain'' (2016) () * ''Another Fine Mess: Across the USA in a Ford Model T'' (2018) () * ''Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain'' (2021) ()

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Tim 1964 births Living people British male cyclists Cycling writers English travel writers English humorists English non-fiction outdoors writers Male touring cyclists People from Chipping Norton People from Chiswick