A WALKING HOLIDAY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20283, 16 December 1927, Page 19

A WALKING HOLIDAY.

Have you ever gone on a walking holiday?—Nol—Well, you haven’t lived! Because there is something very different about a walking holiday from a day’s tramp in the country, when the beauty of the day is usually spoilt by visions of that train that must be caught from a certain wayside station unless one wants to be stranded many miles from home. These worries are absent from a walking holiday. You can walk on and on, across wind-swept spaces, down leafy lanes or over rolling hills with the delightful thought that time holds you a prisoner no longer, and that only the gathering dusk and a .delicious feeling of weariness need stay your feet at some little inn or rose-covered cottage for food and a night’s shelter. But, of course, there are some plans to be made before you set out. First of all, although it is delightful to explore unknown ground, it is as well to sudy a map, so as to got some idea of the prettiest routes. If you don’t keep to the routes, no matter 1 As you won’t be taking a suitcase with you, you will need a knap-sack to carry on your back, into which you can pack everything you will require. The best costume for a walking holiday at this time of the year, is a danush cotton frock, a woollen jersey—which can be worn or tucked away in your knap-sack, according to the temperature—and a light mackintosh which can bo rolled round your knapsack when you don’t need it. Let’s hope you won’t! Choose a light-weight felt hat—which can be rolled up —with a brim to shade I your eyes. You will need to take several 1 changes of linen, but undies don't take j up much room these days, and you can pack up your soiled clothes and post them home from the village post office. Pay special attention to your feet, because if anything goes wrong with them, it is good-bye to the joys of your walking holiday. Start preparing them several ! weeks beforehand, by rubbing them — ; particularly the solos—with methylated spirits every night. This will harden them, and prevent blisters and soreness. Strong shoes, proviusly well broken in, must be worn, and woollen stockings. Dust your stocking feet with boric powder before putting thorn on every morning, then soap the solos thoroughly, and you will find that your feet will keep cool and without any ache no matter how far you walk. Don’t forget to take a little pot of iodine ointment with you, and should the least suspicion of a blister occur, anoint it well with this. It won’t be easy to carry a supply of sunburn creams or lotions with you, yet the prevention of sunburn may prove an important question. Evervone likes a healthily tanned skin, but a brick-red peeling face isn’t pretty or comfortable However, if you smear a very thin coating of lanolin over your face before setting out—don’t rub it in—then powder lightly over this, you will find it a very good protection.