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The Gentle Art of Tramping

By: Stephen Graham
Narrated by: Mike Grady
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About this listen

Bloomsbury presents The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham, read by Mike Grady.

'An absolute gem of a book' Alastair Humphreys

First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for world-weary souls.

It is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live. Know how to meet your fellow wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.

The adventure is not the getting there, it’s the ‘on-the-way’. It is not the expected, it is the surprise.

©1926 Stephen Graham (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Adventure Travel Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Walking Adventure

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It is certainly a bit dated, but still a lovely listen on tramping or hiking as we would call it now.
One I would probably listen to again. definitely worth a credit

A good gentle listen

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A brilliant book, beautifully narrated by Mike Grady. Yes, parts are obviously outdated now, but this only adds to its character and charm. There is so much here to be enjoyed by the modern reader. A fascinating, often poetic, sometimes meditative, glimpse into the past. The chapters on companionship and trespassing are worth the price alone. This won't appeal to everyone, but it will certainly speak to those of us who look to the past with rose tinted glasses, who find nature restorative, and who wish we could tramp through a world that had not yet been ruined by our disrespect for nature. I have just finished listening to the book for the first time, but it certainly won't be the last.

Brilliant and charming.

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I've spent a lot of my life doing just what this book explains so poetically, it really warmed my heart to benefit from Stephen Graham's observations on this subject, a must for anyone that loves the outdoors

Loved it

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Yes , some of the advice given in the book is now outdated however, the writer with the help of the narrator , describes a beautiful world of tramping.
The chapter on Companionship alone is worth it.
Highly recommend.

Beautiful written and read

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Written in 1926 and very much of its time but much relevant today. Narration very time appropriate if perhaps a little soporific. Of for that time….

Beautifully of its time

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