Small, beautiful and hardback, this book is a companion, a compendium, a miscellany of facts, stats, quotes and notes of the greatest of British pastimes -- walking.
At only £9.99, the Walker's Companion is perfect for anyone who's ever packed a cheese and pickle sandwich and put one foot in front of the other in search of stimulation. With information pulled together from the Ramblers' Association's own archives and the rambling minds of walkers themselves, this nugget of a book includes everything from snippets of literature and popular culture to the feats of walking legends, real ale and walking on the moon. So whether you're a rambler or an ambler, a hiker or a nature liker, this is the perfect rucksack filler.
Including...
Murphy's Law for walkers
- There are no short cuts to any place worth going
- Any stone in your boot always migrates to exactly the point of most pressure
- When you arrive at your chosen destination, it is full
- If you take your boots off, you'll never get them back on again
- The local density of mosquitoes is inversely proportional to your remaining repellent
Reasons to stay home
Don't walk in Britain if you suffer from:
Acarophobia - fear of insects - Agoraphobia - fear of open spaces
- Ambulophobia - fear of walking
- Anemophobia - fear of wind
- Apiphobia - fear of bees
- Bathmophobia - fear of steep slopes
- Batrachophobia - fear of frogs
Odd signs found by walkers
- Height of this notice: 7ft
- Toilet. Stay in car
- Hitchhikers may be escaping inmates
- Do not molest trees and shrubs
- Absolutely nothing for next 27 miles
- The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges
Quote Unquote
The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him -- Rudyard Kipliing, Just So Stories
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is -- Ellen DeGeneres, comedian
The Walker's Companion by the Ramblers' Association, edited by Malcolm Tait, ISBN 1 86105 825 X. Think Publishing, £9.99.
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