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Quote: A la sainte terre

Hiking – “I don’t like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains – not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in theContinue reading “Quote: A la sainte terre”

Quote: Robert Macfarlane, The old ways : A journey on foot

I’ve read them all, these old way wanderers, and often I’ve encountered versions of the same beguiling idea: that walking such paths might lead you – In Hudson’s phrase – to ‘slip back out of this modern world’. Repeatedly, these wanderers spoke of the tingle of connection, of walking as seance, of voices heard alongContinue reading “Quote: Robert Macfarlane, The old ways : A journey on foot”

Readings: Volume 1

The Order does not proselytise. We encourage people to navigate their own path to the divine art of walking. Throughout time, generations of enlightened souls have written about the joys of perambulation and journey. Anthologies have been compiled for charm and resonance. Part of the Order’s mission is to seek inspirational texts, historical and contemporary,Continue reading “Readings: Volume 1”

Walking is a Miracle

Thich Nhat Hanh. Excerpt from the book “How to Walk“ published by Parallax Press Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is a miracle. When I breathe in andbecome fully alive, I see myself as a miracle. When I look at an orange mindfully, I see the orange isContinue reading “Walking is a Miracle”

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”

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 Tours. The Walking Tour.

In this excerpt Harold articulates the timeless joys of the longer distance walk. The pedestrian of today still shares the same philosophy and creed. It is one of the building blocks the constitutes journey and indeed contributes to one of the glorious mysteries of walking.

“The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. . . . [We] know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; thatContinue reading ““The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy”