A former Alloa Judo Club instructor has self-published his second book.
David Jarvis has written 'More Jazzos Journeys,' a sequel to his first book, 'Jazzos Journeys,' which he wrote during the Covid lockdown in 2021.
The author, who was born in Falkirk, lived in Larbert for more than 20 years before moving to Chester.
He now lives in Chester with his wife, Sheena.
The couple celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in Stirling two years ago.
Mr Jarvis has worked in the refractories industry since 1956 and spent his career installing temperature-resistant materials used in furnace construction.
He was the instructor at Alloa Judo Club before travelling the world with work.
The club started in Broad Street before moving to Lornshill Academy due to its success.
In October 1965, the club had 100 members.
The latest book contains more humorous anecdotes from his extensive travels over the years whilst remaining resident in the UK but crisscrossing the entire world many times over.
His first circumnavigation of the globe was in October 1968 and was achieved in less than 8 days which was much faster than Phineas Fogg although David had the advantage of BOAC.
Neither did he do it for a twenty-thousand-pound bet but because his boss suggested it would be a good idea in order to win a contract in Australia worth in today’s money about £250,000.
On the final sector of this journey in a BEA Vickers Vanguard from London to Glasgow the starboard outer engine went on fire just after take-off.
The pilot extinguished the flames, dumped a load of fuel over Essex and landed again all within about 15 minutes.
David was so jet lagged after almost 25,000 miles on ten flights sectors in eight days that the full impact did not register at the time.
He was slightly puzzled as to why so many fire engines were following them down the runway on landing.
He grabbed forty winks while BEA found another aircraft which was not on fire and transferred all the luggage and passenger to it to continue the journey.
The second book in what may be a trilogy, continues this trend with the emphasis on humour which can often be in short supply during the actual travel phase even today or should that be especially today with the vagaries of geopolitics and some less than reliable travel timetables.
The book is available in both paperback and e-reader format from Amazon now/
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