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David Musgrove revisits the unusual feats of Victorian \u2018long-distance pedestrianism\u2019 through one of its most colourful characters, Bob Carlisle <\/p>

By Dr David Musgrove\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 22 February 2024 at 06:03 AM<\/p>

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In 1879, Bob Carlisle shot to fame by pushing a wheelbarrow from Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019Groats and back. His impressive feats of \u2018wheelbarrow pedestrianism\u2019 were carried out in the name of temperance, before Carlisle unexpectedly turned his back on the cause. In the fourth episode in our new series on this larger-than-life character of the Victorian age, David Musgrove explores Carlisle\u2019s athletic feats, speaking to sports historian Dave Day and temperance historian Annemarie McAllister to put his achievements in a historical context.<\/p>\n

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