Pelotome –
follow the routes in the books.
“To Laurence Sterne Esq.
It is because of the conscientious fidelity with which we rode over the route made ever famous by you, that we have included ourselves in the class of Sentimental Travellers, of which you must ever be the incomparable head.”
~ Our Sentimental Journey – Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1888).
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
Around the World on a Bicycle.
Travel writing by cyclists, listed by countries explored:
North America:
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
Around the British Isles by Bicycle.
Travel writing by cyclists, listed by countries explored:
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
Continental Western Europe by Bicycle.
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
Central Asia by Bicycle.
Travel writing by cyclists, listed by countries explored:
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
South Asia by Bicycle.
Travel writing by cyclists, listed by countries explored:
OUR SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
“To Laurence Sterne, Esq.,
Dear sir,-
We never should have ventured to address you, had we not noticed of late that Mr. Andrew Lang has been writing to Dead Authors, not one of whom—to our knowledge—has taken offence at this liberty. Encouraged by his example, we beg leave to dedicate to you this history of our journey, laying it with the most respectful humility before your sentimental shade, and regretting it is without that charm of style which alone could make it worthy.
It is because of the conscientious fidelity with which we rode over the route made ever famous by you, that we have included ourselves in the class of Sentimental Travellers, of which you must ever be the incomparable head.
Nowadays the manner of travelling through France and Italy is by rail, and mostly on Cook’s tickets, and chaises have become a luxury which we at least cannot afford.
The only vehicle by which we could follow your wheel-tracks along the old post roads was our tricycle, an ingenious machine of modern invention, endeared to us, because without it Our Sentimental Journey would have been an impossibility.
Besides, in a tandem, with its two seats, there would be nothing to stir up a disagreeable sensation within you. You would still have a place for “the lady.”
~ Our Sentimental Journey – Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1888).