Sorry to take so long, I have had to hunt the book down in my far from tidy house (much better things to do like dogs, cats, horse, husband and GOLFIE). I don't know if you are a horse person or not but the book is called Vagabond by Jeremy James and is about his journey on horseback through several countries, no doubt the library have/ could get it. I have no idea why it came to mind when I saw your car but the tenacity and bravery of Little Pink touched my heart so I suppose that is why I said that.
Hope to get to a meet sometime and look forward to seeing you and Little Pink although I am no doubt much older than most on here. Due to my car being ripped apart and a fantastic resto done by Vindis I tend to only take it out in dry weather. Before that it stood outside and was used all the time. I wouldn't want to stay and bore people though hahaha.