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Carregando... Round Ireland in Low Gear (1987)de Eric Newby
  
Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) GeoffSC | Jul 25, 2020 |   ) Tony2704 | Mar 26, 2015 |  ) Tony2704 | Mar 8, 2015 |  ) velvetink | Mar 31, 2013 | Eric Newby natuurlijk, deze, inmiddels overleden, Engelse wereldreiziger blijft op een aardige manier de typsisch Engelse exentriekeling. Heerlijk voor de leunstoelreiziger. Je krijgt wel zin om ook naar Ierland te vertrekken, maar liever toch in juni of zo. ( ) Petry | Dec 30, 2011 |
On his 66th birthday (which both he and Wanda had forgotten, he noted with sadness) they embarked on the first of several cycling expeditions through Ireland - the first two in the teeth of winter when few sane people would consider cycling anywhere. Eric and Wanda ended triumphantly at the source of the Shannon in an unseasonably hot October, and the result is Round Ireland in Low Gear. It's the familiar Newby cocktail of thrills and spills, exhaustively researched history, fable and hearsay, and wry, acute observations of Irish life. As they waited at a station for a train to the west coast, Wanda rushed into the buffet where Eric was ordering ham sandwiches: "The train, the train is leaving!'' "It isn't leaving, whatever your good lady says," remarked a rather quiet man in railway uniform whom I hadn't noticed before, who was only about a quarter of the way through a pint of Guinness. "Not without me, it isn't. I'm the guard," and he took another long draw at his drink. Pertence à série publicada
'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice. To avoid other tourists, Eric Newby had decided that the depths of winter would be the very best time to explore Ireland by mountain bike. More astonishing still, he managed to persuade Wanda, his long-suffering wife and life-long co-traveller, to accompany him - mainly, she admitted, to 'keep him out of trouble'. Lashed by winter storms, fuelled by Guinness and warmed by thermal underwear, their panniers laden with antique books on Ireland, the elderly adventurers cycle the highways and byways, encountering hospitable locals, swaying saints and ferocious dogs. From the shores of Donegal to the holy mountains, Newby guides the reader on a tale of mishap and magic, all in his own peculiar style of humour and charm, relishing his never-ending curiosity of the world and his insatiable quest for adventure. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — Carregando...GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)914.17History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe British Isles, UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland ConnaughtClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.37)
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