Not all walking journeys traverse a mountain range, watersheds or plains. Urban walking the green wedges of our cities offer us clues to those who inhabit the community one is passing through. You can take the temperature of society. The quality of the local creeks, the amount and type of litter you pick up, theContinue reading “An Urban Tramp – Podcast”
Category Archives: Literature
Leslie Stephen, “In Praise of Walking”
Sir Leslie Stephen’s essay “In Praise of Walking” was published in his four-volume collection of essays, Studies of a Biographer, which first appeared between 1898 and 1902.
Frederic Gros: A philosophy of walking: Chapter 5 Freedoms
Frederic Gros’s 2008 book “A philosophy of walking” takes us down the path of the freedoms only bestowed by walking. Highly commended. Recurrent reading.
A Journey On Country.
“Knowledge and skills trump equipment, so learn as much as you can” – Gordon Dedman, Bushcraft Survival Australia. Dangerous ideas are contained within. Enter at own risk. This essay addresses the modern dilemma of PLB’s, sat phones, personal responsibility, preparation and mortality. If you have ever thought about the olde ways on expedition, you should invest some time with this opinion piece.
Book Review: “Everything is Water” by Simon Cleary, University of Queensland Press
Quote: Stephen Graham: The Gentle art of tramping
The less you carry the more you will see, the less you spend the more you will experience. In tramping you are not earning a living, but earning a happiness. There is perhaps no greater test of friendship than going on a long tramp. You discover to one another all the egoisms and selfishnesses youContinue reading “Quote: Stephen Graham: The Gentle art of tramping”
Essay: What can a really long walk in the Alps teach you about life, fear and laziness?
Jonathan Arian’s reflections on a long walk
Essay: “Out Walking”
I am out walking and nothing else matters. Find me if you wish or dare.
Quote: Robert Cortes Holliday
Holliday published fifteen books, including The Walking-Stick Papers (1918), Men and Books and Cities (1920), Literary Lanes and Other Byways (1925) “The best, the most exquisite automobile is a walking stick; and one of the finest things in life is going on a journey with it” – Robert Cortes Holliday
Excerpt Of Walks and Walking. Chapter XXII – Practical Details
The basics rarely change when wayfaring. If you want to read the entire text goto Of Walks and Walking Tours: An Attempt to find a Philosophy and a Creed by Haultain – Free Ebook. And now for some hints on the practical details of walking tours of more arduous character and more extended length.—Suit theContinue reading “Excerpt Of Walks and Walking. Chapter XXII – Practical Details”
