A little Canadian content: if you want a fine read, try David A. Wilson's book, "Ireland: A Bicycle and a Tin Whistle" (McGill-Queen's University Press, ppbk. ISBN 0-7735-1344-2) about one such recent journey. Full of music and travel. (I cycled around Ireland 30 years ago, and loeved every minute of it, including the rain). Had I only known something about the music then! yours, Peter T.