Penguin travel library
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At the age of 18, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted sailing ship Moshulu of the Erikson line for the round trip from Europe to Australia and back, outwards by way of the Cape of Good Hope and round Cape Horn. This was to be an historic voyage, a dramatic personal adventure.
When Eric and Wanda Newby decide to explore Ireland by bicycle, the first mistake they make is to set off in the month of December... This humorous account of a journey fuelled by pints of Guinness is interwoven with a wealth of information about Irish history, customs and people.