tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post7512822364921850476..comments2024-03-15T08:11:20.547+00:00Comments on Landscapism: On paths and trackwaysEddie Procter (Landscapism)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10196792135158959223noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-21971792525097518862012-07-18T22:33:13.345+01:002012-07-18T22:33:13.345+01:00You have inspired me to dust off my old 1970s copy...You have inspired me to dust off my old 1970s copy of The Old Straight Track, which takes me back to a time when I used to deface all my OS maps with pencil lines connecting churchs, barrows and suchlike. These days I am more fascinated with the notion of 'paths of purpose' - holloways worn into the earth by repeated footfall.<br />Seems that there's so many of us currently reading Macfarlane's The Old Ways - a very timely publication! <br /><br />Comment e-mailed on 22/06/12eastofelvedenhttp://eastofelveden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-30802682627160011522012-06-22T10:45:20.870+01:002012-06-22T10:45:20.870+01:00You have inspired me to dust off my old 1970s copy...You have inspired me to dust off my old 1970s copy of The Old Straight Track, which takes me back to a time when I used to deface all my OS maps with pencil lines connecting churchs, barrows and suchlike. These days I am more fascinated with the notion of 'paths of purpose' - holloways worn into the earth by repeated footfall.<br />Seems that there's so many of us currently reading Macfarlane's The Old Ways - a very timely publication!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-82385117208573976362012-06-18T12:40:39.441+01:002012-06-18T12:40:39.441+01:00Thanks Thelma. Yes, I am also halfway through The ...Thanks Thelma. Yes, I am also halfway through The Old Ways and it has my mind racing in lots of directions and pathways!Eddie Procter (Landscapism)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10196792135158959223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-68578100372712961722012-06-15T12:00:29.870+01:002012-06-15T12:00:29.870+01:00Your exuberance bounces out of the computer, lovel...Your exuberance bounces out of the computer, lovely post. Just reading Macfarlane - The Old Ways, it is so non put downable that I limit my self to a hundred pages a day. He even mentions Adam Nicholson's 'Sea Room' about the Shiant Islands which I had just read. Books are like pathways as well......thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-42167024679119278632012-06-08T21:57:14.692+01:002012-06-08T21:57:14.692+01:00Thanks Diana. Chris Taylor certainly is an unsung ...Thanks Diana. Chris Taylor certainly is an unsung hero, outside of his own field, of landscape study.Eddie Procter (Landscapism)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10196792135158959223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299006518616360287.post-90470596139380920612012-06-08T10:12:02.912+01:002012-06-08T10:12:02.912+01:00This is a great eulogy! Your wide ranging interest...This is a great eulogy! Your wide ranging interests and knowledge come through here especially on the geographical/archaeological side. I have just started reading The Old Ways in conjunction with looking again at my 1974 copy of The Old Straight Track. I had forgotten about Chris Taylor's work though - I knew him in my previous life when I worked at the National Monuments Record!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com