Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy
b"Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by the Irish travel writer Dervla Murphy was first published in 1965 and is the first of Dervla Murphy\\u2019s twenty-six books. It's a journal she kept on the 3,500 mile, six-month journey she made by bicycle from her home in Lismore, Ireland to Delhi in India in 1963, Ireland, traversing Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan on her trusty bike, Ros. Joining us to discuss the book are Felicity Cloake, food writer and the award-winning author of the Guardian\\u2019s long-running \\u2018How to Make the Perfect\\u2019 series and Caroline Eden, author and journalist, whose latest book, Red Sands is a reimagining of traditional travel writing using food as the jumping-off point to explore Central Asia. This episode also features Andy reading from Craig Brown's new collected works, Haywire, while John has been enjoying In Search of One Last Song: Britain\\u2019s disappearing birds and the people trying to save them by Patrick Galbraith. \\nTimings: (may differ due to variable advert length) \\n07:25 - Haywire by Craig Brown \\n14:41 - One Last Song by Patrick Galbraith. \\n20:48 - Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy \\n* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at\\xa0uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted\\xa0where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.\\n* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit\\xa0www.backlisted.fm\\n* If you'd like to support the show, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at\\xa0www.patreon.com/backlisted\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"