A Good Traveller

Paul Saunders said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

The point of departure / is not to return

The point of a journey / is not to arrive

Both lines from Rush's "Prime Mover", penned by Neil Peart with similar
underpinnings.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

Paul

I prefer RL Stevenson:

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive"

It's a little negative, implying one is let down on arrival, but truer to
life!

--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

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Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.
The great affair is to move."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Regards,

Neil Pugh

Neil Pugh said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders
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Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.
The great affair is to move."
Robert Louis Stevenson

Yes, I tried that and got lost! ;-)

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Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

To travel is to gain a degree at the University of life .........

Me .... sometime ago!

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'

sandy saunders said:

Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Lao Tzu

To travel is to gain a degree at the University of life .........

Me .... sometime ago!

"Where are we?" - Me ...... often.

Judith

Judith said:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:25:54 GMT, "sandy saunders"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Lao Tzu

Quoted message said:

To travel is to gain a degree at the University of life .........

Quoted message said:

Me .... sometime ago!

"Where are we?" - Me ...... often.

Judith

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

She achieved her best at about 9 on her first flight - an old Vanguard
from Edinburgh to London - when the noisy engines were throttled back
somewhere over Birmingham at 20 odd thousand feet for the
descent ....."What are we stopping for ?" !!!

Rob

Judith said:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:25:54 GMT, "sandy saunders"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Lao Tzu

Quoted message said:

To travel is to gain a degree at the University of life .........

Quoted message said:

Me .... sometime ago!

"Where are we?" - Me ...... often.

Judith

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

She achieved her best at about 9 on her first flight - an old Vanguard
from Edinburgh to London - when the noisy engines were throttled back
somewhere over Birmingham at 20 odd thousand feet for the
descent ....."What are we stopping for ?" !!!

Rob

Quoted message said:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

......... which can often be heard on a regular basis!

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'

Quoted message said:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

......... which can often be heard on a regular basis!

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'

' If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're heading '

Old chinese proverb

Chris

' If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're heading '

Old chinese proverb

Chris

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person sandy saunders <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-
"What are we stopping for ?"

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

........ which can often be heard on a regular basis!

Hmm, my version goes 'Are we NEARLY there yet?'. Which makes more sense,
because if we were actually there it would be sort of obvious.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
9,423 Km walked. 1,827Km PROWs surveyed. 33.2% complete.

sandy saunders said:

Quoted message said:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

........ which can often be heard on a regular basis!

and: 'How many miles have we walked?' after a few hundred yards!

sandy saunders said:

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

And the traditional answer: "it's just around the next corner!"[1]

Pete.

[1] actual size of corner left unspecified...
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

sandy saunders said:

Quoted message said:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

........ which can often be heard on a regular basis!

Mine used to do the classic "how much longer..." Much older now but I
beg them to ask me so I can tell them "1 hour 14 minutes.." as per Tom Tom

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On 8 Oct, 19:14, Judith <[email hidden]> wrote:

My sister, now past 60 and the youngest member of the family, is oft
time teased about her repetitive childhood wail when she was too small
to see over the dashboard:-

"What are we stopping for ?"

She achieved her best at about 9 on her first flight - an old Vanguard
from Edinburgh to London - when the noisy engines were throttled back
somewhere over Birmingham at 20 odd thousand feet for the
descent ....."What are we stopping for ?" !!!

That reminds me of a story about my nephew who was eagerly relaying
information about the ground and planes to his flying-nervous father(who was
getting more nervous and irate by the minute) and hushed the entire
transatlantic flight with "Daddy, why is that plane flying towards us!"

sandy saunders said:

And another classic statement from children whilst travelling ........

'..... are we there yet?'

I've heard that from adults.

Paul
--
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/

Rob Devereux said:

That reminds me of a story about my nephew who was eagerly relaying
information about the ground and planes to his flying-nervous
father(who was getting more nervous and irate by the minute) and
hushed the entire transatlantic flight with "Daddy, why is that plane
flying towards us!"

Flying is perfectly safe, it's the landing you need to worry about.

Paul
--
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/