“At present, the best part of the land is not private property; the landscape is still for the most part unowned, and the walker still enjoys comparative freedom. And yet possibly the day will come when the land will be completely partitioned off into so-called pleasure-grounds, in which only a select few will be allowed to take a narrow and exclusive pleasure – when fences shall be multiplied, and man-traps invented & installed to confine men to the public roads, and walking over the surface of God’s earth shall be construed to mean trespassing on a finer gentleman’s grounds. And how sad those days shall be, for to enjoy a thing exclusively is nothing short of excluding yourself from the true enjoyment of it. So let us embrace our opportunities to walk fully & freely & frequently, then, before those evil days arrive.” ~ inspired by Henry David Thoreau

“Walking is a most noble virtue; tourism, a far more deadly sin.” ~ via Bruce Chatwin

Filed under: Peace Pilgrimage #02: Walking HOME (2019) by Scaughdt