The Wayfarers' journal - John Lloyd

In 1953 two colleagues discovered they shared interests in walking, parish churches and similar antiquities in England. Inspired by Hillaire Belloc's "The Old Road" they set out that year, accompanied by two others, to complete The Pilgrim's Way from Winchester to Canterbury. This walk marked the beginning of a series of journeys in which they visited most countries of England developing their own private terminology, initiations, rules and regulations.;Upon the death, in 1960, of one of the original four, it was decided that a record be created of previous and future walks. Over the next thirty years, two of the members produced a vivid and personal account of the travellers' adventures throughout the English countryside. The text is written in medieval form with intricate and colourful illumination, illustrations and maps. It represents a fascinating combination of an ancient art and modern language.;The group, which now numbers eight, including three of the original members, still organizes two walks annually, thirty seven years after the first.