Is almost the culmination of 15 years meandering - walking without any goal,
Firstly for five years mainly to be 'aside' of people, in the region of Hay-on-Wye where i had lived (in the hills).
Then, mainly in the very remote region Offas Dyke in the hills of mid Wales - gradually slowly building body, mind, and soul...(but NO 'self pity'), and the last year in the SW.
Landlope is to no plan, to no 'agenda' and over fifty years old, just mainly about gentle momentum - to keep the body in reasonably good condition. Balance, stamina, etc..
In fact during 13 or 14 years walking in the region of Offas's Dyke (the famous path) t was never about the path. Never about any 'route' or bjective. The main objective just to BE in areas away from any people, with only nature around and about.
However the occasional person met - in that past region it would be at most 2 people in a whole afternoon walking 10 or 15 km, one has time to have peaceful good and genuinely open encounters.
Perhaps the most important thing of 'landloping' is that if one does encounter another person who seems in a good, quiet, unfussy - simple, no concerns, mode, one may have time and space to fully engage with them. Randomly of course..
A few day sago i met and spoke with at length someone on a two week walking holiday who seemed to really understand this and thought the word is just 'right'.
I shall attempt soon to write up fully the 'stories' behind my thoughts - really though it is about the fact that for years almost everyone seems to have 'issues' and I feel that 'therapeutic' walking to some objective does not really help in the long term. I shall attempt to put that into engaging words.
Soon.
