This etching, drawn from life, depicts Barclay during his most infamous performance. On another occasion in 1808 he had started out one day at 5.00am, walked 30 miles grouse-shooting, had dinner, walked 60 miles to his house at Ury in 11 hours, walked a further 16 miles to Laurence Kirk, danced at a ball there, returned to Ury, arriving at 7.00 am and then spent that day partridge-shooting. In short he had walked almost 130 miles and had been without sleep for two nights and three days. (Quelle: National Portrait Gallery)

Falls ihr den Text da oben zu schnell gelesen habt, lest ihn nochmal.
So.
Ist das nicht eine wunderbare Geschichte, die dieser Mann geschrieben hat. Und dazu  noch sein damaliger und großartiger Titel in der Presse, der ja schon allein ein Roman für sich ist – The Celebrated Pedestrian.

Ich glaube mit Captain Robert Barclay Allardice habe ich mich nicht zum letzten Mal beschäftigt.