Walking is the simplest of things. One foot in front of the other, repeat. I’m not talking hiking or mountain climbing, I’ve done those and they have their challenges and rewards. Here I’m talking about walking, maybe all day, or at least for a chunk of the day. Maybe for days on end. When you just walk you see things differently. Walking near home shows you things about your neighbors, and the nature of the place you live. Walking in a new place allows you the time to see nuance, and get to know yourself. You also get to know your feet, your legs, your cardio-vascular system, your lungs. You come to appreciate dirt roads over tarred. There can be a meditative aspect to it, and there can be a gregariousness that comes with meeting other walkers, sharing a moment with a fellow pilgrim. Walking lends itself to seeing, hearing, and smelling, but above all it entices my creative muse which encourages me to share what it means to walk.

For a more extensive treatise on walking, check out my blog: Thoughts on Walking.

These photographs are both of walking and of the places, sites, and sights of what I’ve seen while walking.

Gallery 1, Hadrian’s Wall, October 2018

Click photo to fully enlarge, many of these thumbnail images are cropped. All photos © John Meader, 2018.