SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019WANDERING MIND
In the latest in his series of reflections on (not so) memorable pathways,
Will Gore can’t quite recall a holiday to the Alps
Can a trip to the Savoie be so easily forgotten? (iStock)
When my mother said recently that this series of columns had made her think about her own most
memorable pathways and places, I was quite touched. It’s always nice to know that parents are vaguely
aware of what their children are doing.
But when she went on to describe the walk that had particularly come to mind, I was taken aback. I had,
apparently, been with her and yet had no memory of it at all.
It wasn’t as if I had been a child at the time but a 20-year-old student, on what turned out to be our last
family holiday before I left home for good.