Post by librarylady on Sept 21, 2019 18:32:27 GMT
Just over two weeks earlier, on September 11, 1815, 50-year-old Wilson had taken his first steps on a 1,000-mile walk, one of several feats of long-distance walking called “pedestrianism” that enthralled Britain in the early 19th century. He walked on a pre-measured circuit around Blackheath common, an area of public grasslands outside of Greenwich, for a sum of £100.
---Wilson went on to try to make a living getting people to pay him to walk a particular distance......