patrick leigh fermor

[andy.d]

I really enjoyed reading Patrick Leigh Fermor's kit list from his epic walk across Europe in the 1930's which is here:

http://pilgrimpace.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/kit-list/

It is a very beautiful piece of writing - and very different gear from most of us!

Andy

 

[mspath]

Those were the days. At least like Patrick Leigh Fermor I have a copy of Huxley's Antic Hay to add to my autumn/winter pack. The famous pneumatic cushion which is described by Huxley might also come in handy. Margaret Meredith

 

[nellpilgrim]

How very strange I'd just started rereading 'A time of Gift's' (I'd last read it when I was 17 and had a 'notion' of setting off myself) when, because of those feelings 'setting off and shaking off' it evoked, I popped onto the forum where I found this thread....Camino serendipity