Tuesday 11 January 2011

He travels fastest...or Luggage-humping


He does travel fastest who travels alone. No doubt about that one. He probably also travels more satisfactorily without any electronic devices at all; certainly no telephone. But he who travels with only air cabin baggage and an absolute minimum of items in it, has fully mastered the art of travel. I know of someone who was a Victorian adventurer and traveller and he often pitched up for a weekend at the houses of relatives with: a toothbrush, a comb and a razor in his breast pocket. Obviously, he wasn't going to be dressing for dinner and his underclothes and shirt needed to be laundered each night but I expect that he enjoyed himself immensely. And all free too.

I long ago swore that I would never, ever, ever again take a suitcase on an airplane or a train and what: time, effort and stress are saved. A reasonable alternative is to send a suitcase on ahead - to be picked up by someone else.

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