THERE are some of us who prefer our walks to have a purpose, or even an objective ; others of us simply, walk. For the former, if they should live in the Southern counties, what more attractive hike can there be than to trace (no difficult matter) the most interesting part of the Pilgrims' Way-any, from Kemsing or Otford, to Rochester— an easy walk. The Way runs along the south side of the Downs, sheltered from the north winds and overlooking the rich fields and quiet villages of Kent. Hpro it was that, in other days, the bands of pilgrims journeyed on the way to the Shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury; here, Chaucer's own inimitable company set out in the spring ' when longcn folk to goon on pilgrimages.' If you are romantically minded, you will not find it difficult to imagine today, as you walk the Way, the silent ghosts of that once noisy band. This Pilgrims' Way and other old roads will be dealt with by Mr. A. L. Simpson in his talk : lie is, of course, the familiar ' Path
finder.'