Slowing down the pace, whether you travel by train versus plane or decide to ride your bicycle or walk, to experience a neighborhood, a city or the countryside, you will get closer to things and breathe all that life surrounding you.
In modern days, the walking part is called hiking.
In the UK at least, another word still gets used, rambling.
It has a lasting quality with a dash of nostalgia attached to it as exemplified by The Rambler's Countryside Companion (March 09, Cassell Illustrated) by E. Mansell.
The book wants to shine light on a number of topics "from understanding the relevance of standing stones in Wiltshire to
looking out for hop pickers in Kent, from ancient crosses in
Northumbria to archery in Edinburgh, and from bridges in Monmouthshire
to country rhymes from around the British Isles, this work is a
collection of history, nature and a bygone age."
Planning walking trips around the UK, Books about Britain offers other books to guide you including A Rambling Fancy where Caroline Sanderson seeks out Jane Austen’s England for literature lovers and Walk Britain-Great Views which shares the "top 50 walking routes to Britain’s finest views" and is published by Ramblers a network of local groups celebrating the Art of Walking around the UK ('come rambling' illustration below from their site) .
They are celebrating their 75th anniversary in 2010.
Rambling around for Green Day # 101
Previously: Practically Green Sites, Sustainable Table and EcoTech Daily