“I have traversed Ireland to and fro from end to end, and from sea to sea. Mostly on foot, for that is the only way to see and get to know intimately any country; sometimes by cycle; seldom by car, for the motor travels much too fast for the serious observer…
…for the nature-lover, and for the mind jaded with the meaningless noise and hurry of modern life, with ” the rush and glare of the interminable hours “, quiet wandering on foot along brown streams and among the windy hills can bring a solace and a joy that is akin only to the peace of God that passeth understanding”.
Robert Lloyd Praeger from The Way that I Went (1937)
We shall not cease from exploration
T. S. Eliot from Four Quartets: Little Gidding (1943)
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
