Dervla Murphy: 'Older travellers are now more intrepid than the young'

Dervla Murphy: "Unpredictability – to my generation, the salt that gave travelling its savour – seems unnecessary if not downright irritating to many of the young"  In her late 30s, Jane Austen serenely prepared for imminent middle age and soon was dressing as a maiden aunt with no hope of losing her maidenhood.