Film of Charlie Ellis flying round the Earth in a home-made spaceship brings the world's media to Horsepool Hill. "A love letter to childhood innocence, real-world science, pop culture, rollicking Boys Own adventure stories, and Jules Verne. This is the kind of book that isn't written very often, with hefty dollops of charm that makes you smile while you're...
He announces he is going to plant a flag at every planet in the solar system.