The Irish writer cycled mountains and deserts, but her biggest legacy is a reminder that people are fundamentally good There was no more perfect book to read in the early months of lockdown than Full Tilt, Dervla Murphy's famous account of her solo bicycle ride from Ireland to India. I bought a battered copy with a 1980s cover on eBay and used it as a prompt to dream of travel when travel itself was not possible. Murphy, who died a week ago at the age of 90, at her home in Lismore in Ireland, un...
Dervla Murphy: a girl's own adventurer who showed us how to live at full tilt | Rebecca Nicholson
The Guardian - 28 May 2022 20:00
The Irish writer cycled mountains and deserts, but her biggest legacy is a reminder that people are fundamentally good There was no more perfect book to read in the early months of lockdown than Full Tilt, Dervla Murphy's famous account of her solo bicycle ride from Ireland to India. I bought a battered copy with a 1980s cover on eBay and used it as a prompt to dream of travel when travel itself was not possible. Murphy, who died a week ago at the age of 90, at her home in Lismore in Ireland, un...
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