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My father didnt need this walk not the way I do For him it would have been a fun way to spend some time with his son He had I begin to realize a talent for living in the moment Perhaps a pilgrimage would help me find happiness Perhaps I could walk my way into a better frame of mind and somehow along the road to Canterbury I would find a new purpose for my life It was worth a shot
Setting off on foot from Winchester Ken Haigh hikes across southern England retracing one of the traditional routes that medieval pilgrims followed to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral Walking in honour of his father a staunch Anglican who passed away before they could begin their trip together Haigh wonders Is there a place in the modern secular world for pilgrimage On his journey he sorts through his own spiritual aimlessness while crossing paths with writers like Anthony Trollope John Keats Jane Austen Jonathan Swift Charles Dickens and of course Geoffrey Chaucer Part travelogue part memoir and part literary history On Foot to Canterbury is engaging and delightful
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