The Antidote to Loneliness

While solo hiking the coast of Great Britain for a year, I was frequently asked about loneliness; do I get lonely and how do I cope with it? Often they dreamed of solo hiking but were afraid of being alone. I’ve felt a great deal of loneliness in my life, and that feeling was one of the main reasons for setting out on my own. As a culture we are obsessed with going alone into nature. On social media or Youtube, the popularity of solo hiking or bushcraft videos is immense. There’s something so soothing and satisfying in watching a lone wanderer move competently and quietly through a landscape, with the rush of rivers and wind, the sound of birdsong in the trees, the crackle and sizzle by the fire. The absence of people. <a href="https://medium.com/@write_errant/the-antidote-to-loneliness-df5ffda89084">Learn More</a>