Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle (Century Travellers)

by Dervla Murphy (Author), Dervla Murphy (Author), D Murphy (Author)

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  Paperback
  1987

  $11.88

  The author describes her 3000-mile ride on her trusty bicycle, Rozinante. She travelled across Europe, through Persia and Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan, and on into India. The six-month journey began during the worst winter in living memory (1962/63) and, even when the weather improved, there were enough difficulties and dangers to test the endurance of even the most intrepid traveller. Although Murphy was grateful for the revolver packed in her saddle-bag, she found that, in spite of vanishing tracks and political chaos, her journey was to be marked by unexpected kindnesses. Dervla Murphy's other travel books include Muddling Through In Madagascar and Cameroon With Egbert .

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $3.26

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $13.97

  Shortly after her tenth birthday, inspired by an atlas she was given, Dervla Murphy decided that she would one day cycle to India. Almost twenty years later she set out to achieve her ambition on her bicycle, Roz. Here she describes her journey and experiences.