A cause of some consternation for the Order. Slow walking is good for the soul. Perhaps we need a mix of pace. The important thing, is that one is out there moving. The faster you walk, the better for long term health – especially as you age
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Audio: How to walk across Europe
In the winter of 2011 Nick Hunt embarked on a walk through Europe. In this rich audio production Nick offers his instructions for wayfaring. He succinctly captures some of the mystery of Journey. His work is the core business of the Order. Perge Movere. How to Walk Across Europe – Dark Mountain
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”
With Swag & Billy
H J Tompkins HJ Tompkins is to New South Wales as Robert Henderson Croll is to Victoria in terms of pioneering bushwalking and writing. Published in 1906, ” With Swag & Billy” was Australia’s very first bushwalking (hiking) manual and guidebook. Packed with hints on equipment, provisions and hiking tips borne from long experience trampingContinue reading “With Swag & Billy”
Essay: In praise of walking sticks
Peter Salwen About ten minutes up the southeast slope of Mt. Mansell, on Maine’s Mt. Desert Island, I dart off the trail and poke around among a scattering of fallen red pine saplings. When I find one with a fairly straight trunk, I carefully break off a six-foot section; a stray hunk of granite fromContinue reading “Essay: In praise of walking sticks”
Walking Tune – Percy Grainger
“Grainger composed the little tune on which this piece is based as a whistling accompaniment to his tramping feet while on a three days’ walk in Western Argyleshire (Scottish Highlands) in the summer of 1900. At that time Grainger had just turned 18. He was deeply in love with thoughts of the Celtic world, havingContinue reading “Walking Tune – Percy Grainger”
Journey and Holiday
This sort of wayfaring is addictive. The beautiful exhaustion at the end of a day’s walking is the perfect tonic for a solid sleep. To depart with only the essentials on your back is liberating.
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”
Essay – A need to walk
Walking intrigues the deskbound. We romanticize it, but do we do it justice? Do we walk properly? Can one walk improperly and, if so, what happens when the walk is corrected? Craig mod Craig Mod writes of the need to walk. It’s a 2014 work but it’s timeless just like the act of walking. AContinue reading “Essay – A need to walk”
The Complete Walker
This essay by club member, Sam Larsen in 1961, is a lesson in aspiration. It’s a blueprint to the olde ways of bushwalking before our society was dumbed down by labour saving devices. He is gifting us the tried and tested techniques to thrive in the outdoors, gifting us some preparation dot points.
