Take A Seat

Dominic Gill has gone to extraordinary lengths to find some new friends. He has ridden a tandem bicycle from the wild northern coast of Alaska to the Southern tip of South America, with an empty backseat – just so that he can pick people up along the way to talk to. As the journey – including all the twists and turns – is some 30,000 miles, it has taken over two years to complete.

Take A Seat is the exciting story of Dominic’s journey, and gives a stunning and unique view of the two most exciting continents on earth. His route takes him through wildly contrasting social and physical landscapes – everything from the glamour of Hollywood to the very real dangers of crossing the lawless no-mans-land between Panama and Colombia. It is a fantastic adventure.

Along the way, he faces everything from pedalling for his life after being threatened by a machete-wielding mad Mexican, to sampling sheep's head soup for breakfast in Peru. He camped with jail birds and slept in police stations, fire stations, family homes, schools and often by the road with only a bike and snakes for company. Meeting his companions along the way in bars, diners and on the roadside, Dominic shares his journey with peasants, policemen, drifters, mayors, women he fancied – anyone that he can persuade to help him cycling his tandem a few miles along the mammoth marathon he set for himself.

Dominic has proved he can complete the challenge, and managed to capture it all on camera. Through one man’s epic, compelling journey, Take A Seat offers a brand new look at what the world has to offer.

The film won a Special Jury Award at the Banff Film Festival and has been nominated at the Kendal Mountain Festival.