"Touring Ireland by bicycle in the winter is a daunting prospect even for the most seasoned backpackers, but Newby and his wife Wanda weathered it with good humor and resilience. The author of such classics of travel literature as A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and Slowly Down the Ganges takes the armchair traveler with him as he and his companion contend with misleading signposts, lonely roads, torrential rain, gale-force winds and unhelpful natives who describe any destination as "up the road a bit" although it may be circular miles away. As a result, the Newbys fall upon many culturally significant points by absolute chance. Trips to remote castles, holy wells and splendid ruins in the west of Ireland are enlivened by lashings of Guinness and tea, and by the often antic behavior of the locals met in omnipresent pubs. The Newbys, who live in England, returned to Ireland in the summer, when travelers are more expansively welcomed and more places are open, but it is their winter tour that captures the essence of the country and its delightfully idiosyncratic populace. Illustrations."

So far this has been a nice read. Will offer it for a ring or give away as soon as I've finished it.

Well, I can't say that I loved this book. Of course, it's about Ireland so it cannot be too bad after all but the writer's style was just too longbreathed and way too detailed - if you long to know everything about anyone who ever built a castle in Ireland or an Armada ship that stranded on the shores of Ireland, this is your book!
What I mostly disliked was the way the author went on about the oh-so-good food they got all the time which always implied meat and other cruel food such as lobster or mussels.
Anyway it was better reading this one than having nothing to read and I hope the book will find another reader in the somewhat Ireland-like country of Lithuania (just without the pubs...)

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

auf dem Buecherregal neben der Bar im Kino