From Harry Shipley
Karl Drais’s name lives on, at least in French (29 January, p 48). Here the platelayers’ trolleys which used to be used on railways are always known as “draisines”. They were, it seems, yet another product of his inventive mind. The wheel has turned full circle, in that it is now possible to hire rail “cycles” on some disused French railway lines and enjoy a ride through the countryside on a draisine.
Cazouls-lès-Béziers, France
