““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 of mobility, the pleasure of travel free from necessity, the notion that travel signifies autonomy and is a means for demonstrating what one 'really' is independent of one context or set of defining associations--remain the characteristics of the modern conception of travel. Eric Leed””
![“[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 maximum time for appreciation that characterises the mobile gaze of the pedestrian traveller. If not a peripatetic by…” quote by Robin Jarvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bc/robin-jarvis-44929_7_william-coxe-expresses-both-the-pedestri_353806.jpg)
![“Pedestrianism, [William Bingley] claims, is the most 'useful' mode of travel, 'if health and strength are not wanting.' 'To a naturalist, it is evidently so; since, by this means, he is enabled to examine the country as he goes along; and when he sees occasion, he can also strike out of the road…” quote by Robin Jarvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/943/robin-jarvis-44929_29_pedestrianism-william-bingley-claims-is_976659.jpg)
![“...I shall let [Anne] Wallace put the case herself, at what I think is necessary length: 'As travel in general becomes physically easier, faster, and less expensive, more people want and are able to arrive at more destinations with less unpleasant awareness of their travel process. At the same…” quote by Robin Jarvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f66/robin-jarvis-44929_18-19_i-shall-let-anne-wallace-put-the-case-he_2016007.jpg)
![“[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 most suited to every variety of road; it will often enable you to take a shorter track, and visit scenes (the finest perhaps) not otherwise accessible…” quote by Robin Jarvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c47/robin-jarvis-44929_13_robert-newell-s-recommendation-of-walkin_3090421.jpg)
