Considering my post a few days ago about how walking can stir the creative juices, I was interested to find a post on the BBC website about how we may all be walking less and less these days.
Click the link to read more about it, but I’ve summarised a few interesting points below;
* Walking is considered a luxury in the West
* Wordsworth, Dickens and Woolf were all walkers
* In the UK, May is National Walking Month
* Prof. Frederic Gros has written a book, A Philosophy of Walking
* Nearly 25% of journeys are taken by foot, although only 17% are specifically for walking
* Geoff Nicholson has written a book, The Lost Art of Walking
* Los Angeles is notoriously car-focused.
* Kuala Lumpa has pavements that mysteriously end
* Merlin Coverley has written a book, The Art of Wandering: The Writer as a Walker
* Many people often text whilst walking
* Rebecca Solnit has written a book, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
* Key tips include: walking further with no fixed route, go alone, walk mindfully
