tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post2208017331799110908..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Walking, Art And Nature (10)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-74405513928088810802011-01-21T11:38:20.847+00:002011-01-21T11:38:20.847+00:00Hi emilene - wow, that's just great! Thanks so...Hi emilene - wow, that's just great! Thanks so much for your enthusiasm. (Btw, I've just made a link to your Santiago blog in my sidebar.)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-71473315205133082662011-01-20T20:15:56.952+00:002011-01-20T20:15:56.952+00:00Robert - just wanted to share this with you. I was...Robert - just wanted to share this with you. I was chatting to Gail from Scotland on a brand new chat page that a fellow South African blogger started today. I mentioned that I'm planning to walk to Santiago in 2012 and am blogging about it already when she suggested I read your wonderful blog. How amazed she was when I told her I am in fact reading your blog already - you certainly have a worldwide following my friend!<br /><br />I look forward to reading your interesting posts in 2011 - one of my great finds of 2010!pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770977005902154080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-62197151823675642582011-01-13T06:10:13.995+00:002011-01-13T06:10:13.995+00:00I think Solnit's book is brilliant, am. Meande...I think Solnit's book is brilliant, am. Meandering, flawed, idiosyncratic - but brilliant. Love her book about Ireland - 'A Book Of Migrations' - too.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-3394939124075991702011-01-13T05:09:45.816+00:002011-01-13T05:09:45.816+00:00Thanks Alive, Rachel, Ruth and Lorenzo.
'Conn...Thanks Alive, Rachel, Ruth and Lorenzo.<br /><br />'Connection', Ruth. Brings at once to mind the Rilke sonnet you've just posted.<br /><br />I really enjoyed putting this series together, and I'm so glad others liked it to.<br /><br />The subject of walking is infinite; it covers the whole world.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-56913557759229578832011-01-13T04:37:33.598+00:002011-01-13T04:37:33.598+00:00Yep. You did inspire to go out walking yesterday, ...Yep. You did inspire to go out walking yesterday, and I'm finally reading Rebecca Solnit's book on the history of walking. <br /><br />Extraordinary photos. I can feel myself walking in them. Thanks so much!amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-89150546290155555042011-01-12T12:37:31.589+00:002011-01-12T12:37:31.589+00:00A wonderful series, Robert. One I will return to a...A wonderful series, Robert. One I will return to again and again.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44963760952100222782011-01-12T09:50:40.455+00:002011-01-12T09:50:40.455+00:00It's remarkable how many artists have taken in...It's remarkable how many artists have taken inspiration from their walks in nature. I've taken so much from this series, Robert. One of the things I love about it is how I feel inspired to get out into it, partly because I want to connect with the walkers of all time. As you say, it is democratic, it is something people have always done, have always been able to do, for eons. To feel connected that way with my fellow humans, timeless and spaceless, yet in the same air, under the same sky, it just makes me feel connected.<br /><br />Thank you for what you did here. I would never have imagined ten parts, and how you would fill them with so many details and much information, all of which could go off in many, many solitary pathways!<br /><br />So when's your next?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-83919872764784865142011-01-11T12:21:29.028+00:002011-01-11T12:21:29.028+00:00It was more skating than walking this morning... s...It was more skating than walking this morning... still out we went!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22545131796201905942011-01-11T11:20:41.272+00:002011-01-11T11:20:41.272+00:00Motivated indeedMotivated indeedAlivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086811890184870424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54238470997165092172011-01-11T10:17:21.721+00:002011-01-11T10:17:21.721+00:00Thanks for your comment, Caroline, and I will chec...Thanks for your comment, Caroline, and I will check out that blog.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-64917774040254679202011-01-11T10:01:37.971+00:002011-01-11T10:01:37.971+00:00Thank you, Robert, for many interesting thoughts a...Thank you, Robert, for many interesting thoughts and leads. I love reading 'wild' and 'wilderness' accounts. My own walking is severely restricted by mobility limitations, but it was Robert Macfarlane in 'Wild Places' who encouraged us to seek the wilderness around us - and with renewed focus, that can be an equally exhilarating challenge. Incidentally, you might enjoy some of Professor David Morley's thoughts and links <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/morleyd/entry/rebounding_flowerheads/" rel="nofollow">here</a>: it is a blog post I have returned to on occasions.<br /><br />P.S. Thank you to Phoenix C. for reminding us of that 'inner acreage'.Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-63256657260939474092011-01-11T09:59:33.885+00:002011-01-11T09:59:33.885+00:00Thanks, all.
'Sauntering' is a great word...Thanks, all.<br /><br />'Sauntering' is a great word, isn't it? Thoreau uses it a lot.<br /><br />I look forward to hearing from you about Hadrian's Wall, George. There's no rush to give me dates as I'm fairly flexible. I can usually fit in a nice walk!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-35661223124502988042011-01-10T22:18:44.144+00:002011-01-10T22:18:44.144+00:00Walking, Art and Nature - yes!
I like Thoreau...Walking, Art and Nature - yes! <br /><br />I like Thoreau's use of the word 'sauntering' because I like to do that - to walk slowly, meander, and stop frequently for long gazes and sketches. The walk may not be many external miles, but lots of inner acreage! And food for many subsequent hours of thought, inspiration and artwork.<br /><br />Thanks for this journey!Phoenix C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13852678924557075302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24052145291886363442011-01-10T21:01:51.396+00:002011-01-10T21:01:51.396+00:00I enjoyed this series immensely, Robert. It has b...I enjoyed this series immensely, Robert. It has been both inspirational and informative. Onward we go, foot after foot, discovery after discovery. <br /><br />I am in the process of booking the Hadrian Wall's Path for sometime in the first two weeks of August. Once my dates are finalized, I will send the information to you. As I indicated before, it would be great to have you join me for a few days of walking if your schedule permits.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-64932969393270022522011-01-10T20:33:01.090+00:002011-01-10T20:33:01.090+00:00Fantastic series Robert, thanks. Plenty to ponder...Fantastic series Robert, thanks. Plenty to ponder as I walk and to enrich my walking. <br /><br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com