Another great book about touring in that part of the world from 1965 is Dervla Murphy's* Full Tilt, Ireland to India with a Bicycle*. Definitely a look into a world which no longer exists.
JohnS On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 3:25:47 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > Forwarded from the boblist. I thought this might interest Rivlist readers > who are not cross-pollinated. > > [Start:] > I recently found again an interesting book lent me by my brother of an > Englishman's trip from Narsapur on the SE coast of India to Chandigarh at > the far North Central part of India just aft of the Himalyas (pron. Hee > *MAHL* yah, not "Him a *LAY* a" as Anglophones too often do). It's a > quirky, impressionistic description, focusing on the writer's experience of > people, settings, conversations, with little about the bike -- a tourist > using a bike, not a cyclist doing some touring. > > His bike looks like a Raleigh DL-1 -- perhaps Steve can confirm, tho' the > only photo is obscure about the bike's details. > > The Ride To Chandigarh, Harold Elvin, McMillan, 1957. > > How hugely India has changed in 60 years! It was much more like that > described and photo'd here when I lived there as a boy 1964-1967, but > already much changed. > > [image: Inline image 1] > "Sir Water" and the author with 2 leopard cubs > > [image: Inline image 2] > "The Four Riders" > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:49 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
