Comments on: Learning from the Lightweight Heroes of Yesteryear http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2009/01/02/learning-from-the-lightweight-heroes-of-yesteryear/ Chat about backpacking, trekking and hiking Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2009/01/02/learning-from-the-lightweight-heroes-of-yesteryear/comment-page-1/#comment-27908 andy Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:26:51 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=929#comment-27908 'The Pyrenees' by Hillaire Belloc. I think this is out of print at the moment. You can buy second hand copies from £70 to £100 and more! Stephenson did bivy in the Cevennes. Mind you he spent most time moaning about the donkey and fantasising about ugly women in village inns! A classic book though that should be read - often seen as the precursor of modern travel literature. ‘The Pyrenees’ by Hillaire Belloc. I think this is out of print at the moment. You can buy second hand copies from £70 to £100 and more!

Stephenson did bivy in the Cevennes. Mind you he spent most time moaning about the donkey and fantasising about ugly women in village inns! A classic book though that should be read – often seen as the precursor of modern travel literature.

]]> By: Mark http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2009/01/02/learning-from-the-lightweight-heroes-of-yesteryear/comment-page-1/#comment-27907 Mark Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:39:20 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=929#comment-27907 Thought provoking stuff. Doesn't Stevenson have something to say about bivvying in 'Travels with a Donkey'? Can I ask which book these quotations are drawn from? Thought provoking stuff. Doesn’t Stevenson have something to say about bivvying in ‘Travels with a Donkey’?
Can I ask which book these quotations are drawn from?

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