"my vicinity affords many good walks; and though for so many years i have walked almost every day, and sometimes for several days together, i have not yet exhausted them. an absolutely new prospect is a great happiness, and i can still get this any afternoon. two or three hours' walking will carry me to as strange a country as i expect ever to see."
i know exactly what he means!!
ReplyDeleteThoreau and I have the same outlook. One can travel for miles close to home.
ReplyDeletekay it's the truth isn't it . . . i love walking and when i find a little alleyway or a path that dives off the main route . . .awayyyyy i go!!!! steven
ReplyDeletepauline the rest of the piece he wrote which is linked through his name at the bottom of the entry is really lovely reading as well!!! steven
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