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Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 2)

In Part 1, I traced the evolution of the recreational walker from the time of the Romantic Poets to today’s internet era. Here I look at what they wore and the equipment they used.

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JUST WALKING

Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 1)

Here I trace the history of walking for pleasure in the UK. Romantic Poets, Kinder trespassers, disciples of Alfred Wainwright and the most recent species of walker, pandemic perambulators, are all met along the way.