Walking Across...What?: I’ve often asked myself the same thing

Thursday, June 23, 2011

I’ve often asked myself the same thing

I’ve been watching Gandhi on Turner Classic Movies, and it inevitably reminded me of something I read somewhere long ago.

“Why did the sahibs ever go to India,” a fastidious Maharajah once asked Lord Curzon, “when they could stay at home on their English lawns playing flutes and watching the rabbits.”

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I began it in November, 2007, to help me make friends and ask questions for my participation in the 2008 TGO Challenge, “an annual self-supported walking event across the Highlands of Scotland, west coast to east coast.” Hence the title. I did make some terrific friends, and I got lots of good advice, too. Infuriatingly, an ankle sprained on a New England trail in April was finished off by the Knoydart in May, and I had to withdraw from the crossing after only four days. I still hope return. Since then I've walked in France, Spain, and New Zealand, not to mention my home mountains: the Whites of New Hampshire. The blog took on a life of its own, has suffered a hiatus for cause, and it’s now about to attempt a comeback. Fingers crossed.