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Full Tilt
- Ireland to India with a Bicycle
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes, and cultures she encountered along the way. The route takes her through the valleys and snowy mountain passes of Europe and India to the scorching deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the metal of her bicycle, Rozinante (named after Don Quixote's steed), becomes too hot to touch. She travels alone, without luxuries, sleeping on the floors of teahouses or on blankets outdoors, vulnerable to wild animals, insects, and thieves. However, she is often met with generosity and kindness, and shares many meaningful encounters with the locals. Her portrayal here gives a fascinating insight into the unique communities of the Middle East in the early 1960s.
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- Fifi
- 10-05-22
great fun!
loved it. just kept falling asleep...as planned ...and kept having to rewind so I didn't miss any!!!-
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- BooMama
- 14-07-23
A ripping yarn, and then some! Dervla is my absolute hero.
Fascinating account of travels by the most intrepid adventurer, beautifully written, endlessly amusing, insightful, wonderfully observed. And fabulously narrated as well. My favourite book.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-07-20
What a wonderful thoughtful adventure.
I have had this book on the shelves for many years and had pulled it out to read given the coronavirus lockdown, however, when I saw it could be read to me my wife, and I jumped at the chance. We tend to listen in the car and found ourselves filling these empty days enjoying Dervla Murphys 1960s adventure as she cycled from Ireland to India. There is so much to be gleaned from this true story. Mostly we hear first hand about the people she met. The lives these people lead. The poverty but a harmony of village or mountain life. How protected these people were from western ideals. It is so much more than an amazing journey. Emma Lowe the narrator is the icing on the cake. Highly recommend. Escape to a better time.
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- ICAJ
- 21-05-20
Excellent
simply amazing
Dervla is something else, an inspiration and role model.The way we should be.
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- marie
- 20-04-21
Brilliant tale by a wonderful traveler
Recommend listening to this - any age and type of person will get something from Dervla Murphy’s journey, getting on with it through tick and thin.
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- B. J. Laming
- 18-07-22
A Compulsive Diarist
In the tradition of Robert Byron who also wrote well of his travels over some of the same ground, three decades earlier, Dervla brings the Reader into really sympathetic contact with so many ordinary folk in the lands she travelled through. And her bulletins, written each evening (despite some extreme rigours in the day) are evidence of the accurate descriptions of her courageous progress always attracting friendly encounters with humble locals, ready to share (and she to accept) their sparse provender.
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- Steve
- 15-01-21
Grea...until the end
Felt immersed in the whole journey and very much enjoyed it. The last section in India seemed to be a bit of a sanctimonious dig at Britain which spoilt it for me a bit.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-20
An excellent Adventure
How did we ever manage without instant communication and all the mod cons of cycle touring? This is how. A superb travelogue and lessons in how to br a good traveller. I'll be recommending it to the Bicycle Adventure Club. Really well read too it immerses you in the Adventure.
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- V A C Buxton
- 30-01-24
it's the most wonderful true story
loved her descriptions and interactions with locals on her journey. I liked the narrator s Irish voice.
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- Duncan Russell
- 27-05-22
remarkable travelogue from an independent spirit
These diary entries make up a riveting account of a young woman's solo bike ride from Dunkirk to New Delhi in 1963. To put into context her resolve and durability, the 1000km slog through Northern Europe during the worst winter of the 20th century barely earns a sixth of this books length. This woman is not to be trifled with, she shoots a wolf in the face with her smuggled pistol, smashes her ribs up on an Afghan bus, solo treks through the Himalyas on a borrowed horse, lives off stewed clover for a week, and goes crazy at a found collection of classical music 78's. All the while, not only describing the unfolding beauty with clarity, but also pontificating on the shifting cultural landscape with great wisdom, curiosity and an open heart. A wonderful account of the world before it really really really went to shit.
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