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Literary escapes: your favourite trips inspired by books

From Dervla Murphy’s Northern Ireland to Elena Ferrante’s Naples, readers share the stories that inspired them to travel • Tell us about a trip to Europe’s lakes and mountains – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher

The Guardian - UK

50 years on: Meet the first tandem couple to cycle around the world

In 1975, Colin and Veronica Scargill set a cycling record that will never be beaten – and yet has been largely forgotten. Trevor Ward hears the story of their remarkable adventure

Cycling Weekly

Northern Ireland's scenery is too awe-inspiring to be contained by any single myth or deity - there’s space and time for them all - especially when travelling by bike

Paying homage to a travel writing pioneer, David Bradford rides the coastline of Northern Ireland in the wheel tracks of ghosts, giants and shape-shifting gods

Cycling Weekly

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Inspiring women who shaped the travel landscape forever

These trailblazing adventurers paved the way for modern travellers

Woman & Home

What links Billy Idol and Douglas Coupland? The Saturday quiz

From long-tongued mammals to Billy Idol, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Dervla Murphy’s insight into Britain’s diverse communities

Letter: Carolyn Sugden recalls meeting the late writer in Handsworth, Birmingham, while working for an anti-racist organisation

The Guardian - UK

Dervla Murphy: a girl’s own adventurer who showed us how to live at full tilt

The Irish writer cycled mountains and deserts, but her biggest legacy is a reminder that people are fundamentally good

The Guardian - UK

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Dervla Murphy: Intrepid travel writer who cycled from Ireland to India

Murphy braved packs of wolves and armed bandits on her travels, and was praised for her ‘unique commitment to the value of human experience’

The Independent UK

Dervla Murphy obituary

Travel writer who famously journeyed alone from her native Ireland to India on a bicycle, armed with a pistol and a compass

The Guardian - UK

Dervla Murphy: an appreciation of the great Irish travel writer who has died aged 90

A personal tribute to the late author, who revelled in anti-authoritarian and mischievous attitudes, and whose mantra was ‘you should never want your travelling to be easy’

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