https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/ Travel Off The Beaten Track Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.23 https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-664 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:19:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-664 You’re quite right Marcia! Dervla experienced at least few life threatening situations but I can’t reveal the details here without spoiling the end. I totally agree with you – the courage of this woman was outstanding! That’s why reading her book was so fascinating.

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-663 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:34:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-663 She’s right about expending energy to get from point A to B. Biking was quite popular back then and in cities, like NYC they’re bringing it back. Now, I’d be worried about safety.
I heard about a man who in the 60s who hiked from the UK to Ethiopia — don’t remember his name now. Doing stuff like this takes determination — that can get you through just about anything.

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-662 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:25:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-662 Glad to hear it! I tried to focus on the question why this book is interesting and different than other travel books. Didn’t want to discuss details of the journey to leave the suspense. And I’m so happy that you found this review intriguing!

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-661 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:50:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-661 Thanks for the introduction to this fascinating woman and her book. You’ve presented so many interesting aspects of her journey — and to think she was doing this 50 years ago! I will definitely read this book.

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-660 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:59:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-660 Madagascar sounds awesome! Plus early life in Ireland after I visited this country would be worth reading too.

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-659 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:37:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-659 Where do I start… The recent books tend to be more political, although they all have a certain amount of political commentary. I probably enjoyed the earlier books more – particularly Muddling through in Madagascar and Wheels within Wheels (this one is an account of her early life in Ireland)

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-658 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:32:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-658 Oh, good old times when it was enough to bike from Europe to India to amaze the world!

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-657 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:31:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-657 I simply started from the first one ;-) and agreed: Dervla is amazing! What are the other that you would recommend? Good reading, then!

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-656 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:29:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-656 I love Dervla Murphy’s books – she seems to be fearless and to have an amazing enthusiasm for everything she does. Surprisingly, Full Tilt is one of the ones I haven’t got round to reading yet – but it is on my reading list!

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2014/04/07/full-tilt/#comment-655 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 06:55:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=5302#comment-655 Amazing story. WOW! Thanks for sharing.

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