Initially my reaction to this was amusement of a typically mad English eccentric thing to do. Even though it still is, the laughter is tinged with the pathos of his reasons for doing it. Still fecking brilliant though!
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/14/i-crossed-alps-on-a-space-hopper-experience
...Most people en route dismissed me as an English eccentric, although many were politely intrigued....
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/14/i-crossed-alps-on-a-space-hopper-experience
...Most people en route dismissed me as an English eccentric, although many were politely intrigued....