It’s a shame that the noble word ‘pedestrian’ has come to be used in a pejorative sense. ‘Terribly pedestrian’ is how we dismiss a piece of creative work if we want to convey the idea that it is humdrum, ordinary, unspectacular. It’s as if the humble ramble has become tedious and boring in comparison with flashier, faster modes of transport like trains, planes and automobiles. But in the pedestrian, the wanderer, the rambler, the flâneur can be found the soul of the idler. The pedestrian is the highest and most mighty of beings; walking for pleasure, observing but not interfering, happy in the company of his own mind.

~ Tom Hodgkinson @ Resurgence