The poem 'Tintern Abbey', a memory of a journey to Wales included in 'Prelude' published in 1850
by the English poet 'William Wordsworth' drove people on a walking journey.
With the Industrial Revolution, cramped city folk sought out the countryside for nature and land,
and half a million walkers were traveling around Britain in the 1930s.

The poem 'Tintern Abbey', a memory of a journey to Wales included in 'Prelude' published in 1850
by the English poet 'William Wordsworth' drove people on a walking journey.
With the Industrial Revolution, cramped city folk sought out the countryside for nature and land,
and half a million walkers were traveling around Britain in the 1930s.