NCEIV47 0-0817 Flashcards
Lesson 47
Lesson 47 The great escape
Economy is one
Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment, or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels.
But, contrary t
But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest.
The man who man
The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his twenty pounds’ worth of space at one of Europe’s myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.
More likely, Fo
More likely, Ford Escort will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes, but rarely with bicycles made for two.
That the equipm
That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic, a brighter promise for the hopeful traveler who has sworn to get away from it all.
It also provide
It also provides-and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon – an escape of another kind.
The modern trav
The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista, not because he cannot afford, or shuns their material comforts.
but because he
but because he is afford of them.
Affluent he may
Affluent he may be, but he is by no means sure what to tip the doorman or the chambermaid.
Master in his o
Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d’hotel.
From all such f
From all such fears camping releases him.
Granted, a snob
Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists; but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with.
There is no sup
There is no superior ‘they’ in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.
To such motives
To such motives, yet another must be added.
The contemporar
The contemporary phenomenon of car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails.
To this pleasur
To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.
From one’s own
From one’s own front door to home or foreign hills or sands and back again, everything is to hand.
Not only are th
Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one’s own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hel (if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement) are there, outside – or, as likely, part of – the tent.
Idealists have
Idealists have objected to the package tour, that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited.
Insularity and
Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand.
The opinion doe
The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.
Holiday hotels
Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively.
Camping sites,
Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan.
