“I hope that the examples I have given have gone some way towards demonstrating that pedestrian touring in the later 1780s and the 1790s was not a matter of a few 'isolated affairs', but was a practice of rapidly growing… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share Image
“We are happy to observe an increasing frequency of these pedestrian tours: to walk, is, beyond all comparison, the most independent and advantageous mode of travelling; Smelfungus and Mundungus may pursue their journey as they please; but it grieves one… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share Image
“I hope that the examples I have given have gone some way towards demonstrating that pedestrian touring in the later 1780s and the 1790s… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“[William] Coxe expresses...both the pedestrian's advantage of complete freedom of movement, and the inspiring effect of the combination of continual change of scene with… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“We are happy to observe an increasing frequency of these pedestrian tours: to walk, is, beyond all comparison, the most independent and advantageous mode… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“Travel became distinguishable from pain and began to be regarded as an intellectual pleasur...These factors--the voluntariness of departure, the freedom implicit in the indeterminancies… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“Pedestrianism, [William Bingley] claims, is the most 'useful' mode of travel, 'if health and strength are not wanting.' 'To a naturalist, it is evidently… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“...I shall let [Anne] Wallace put the case herself, at what I think is necessary length: 'As travel in general becomes physically easier, faster,… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“...moderate social deviance or class non-conformism I have imputed to the first generation of pedestrians. Improved roads, after all, were one of the principal… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“I walked slowly on, without envying my companions on horseback: for I could sit down upon an inviting spot, climb to the edge of… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
“[Robert] Newell's recommendation of walking is also interesting: 'The best way undoubtedly of seeing a country is on foot. It is the safest, and… — Robin Jarvis Copy Share
