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IanDG

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RIP Dervla Murphy
« on: 23 May, 2022, 09:15:21 pm »
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Karla

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Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #1 on: 23 May, 2022, 09:23:31 pm »
Gone to join Anne Mustoe in the great campsite in the sky  :'(
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #2 on: 23 May, 2022, 10:08:42 pm »
:(

One of the truly great travel writers.
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andrewc

Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #3 on: 23 May, 2022, 10:20:48 pm »
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Wowbagger

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Dervla Murphy (1931-1922)
« Reply #4 on: 23 May, 2022, 10:32:46 pm »
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/dervla-murphy-secular-saint-of-travel-writing-dies-aged-90-1.4885949?fbclid=IwAR0zVnk3FXmtvGfp7Djz_PhtN61sV_yJa7v1RkRGPSPVnom8Kd2N7EfF6Ls

A remarkable person - the "secular saint" of travel writing. Her first cycling book was "Full Tilt", an account of her 1965 ride from Ireland to India.
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Robh

Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #5 on: 23 May, 2022, 11:42:31 pm »
That is very sad news.
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geoff

Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #6 on: 24 May, 2022, 11:29:33 am »
Damn...Dervla was an early cycling inspiration for me and many of my friends.  I'll pay my respects in low gear ( but possibly not single-speed)
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Cudzoziemiec

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Dervla Murphy RIP
« Reply #7 on: 24 May, 2022, 04:35:51 pm »
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Tributes paid to Irish author whose 1965 work Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle is widely regarded as one of the best travel books ever written
https://road.cc/content/news/travel-writer-and-cyclist-dervla-murphy-dies-aged-90-292989
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Dervla Murphy RIP
« Reply #8 on: 24 May, 2022, 04:38:04 pm »
Oh, just spotted there's already a thread.  :-[
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: RIP Dervla Murphy
« Reply #9 on: 24 May, 2022, 04:40:03 pm »
A great travel writer. So much more than just cycling.
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