herzog starts walking

on this day 50 years ago werner herzog started walking from munich to paris and to film historian lotte eisner, who was then near death in hospital. 

'I said that this must not be, not at this time, german cinema could not do without her now, we would not permit her death... 

I set off…in full faith, believing that she would stay alive if I came on foot...'

it will take him from saturday 23rd november until 14th december. there's a diary of his journey of walking in ice.

'walking on foot brings you down to the very stark, naked core of existence. we travel too much in airplanes and cars. it’s an existential quality that we are losing. it’s almost like a credo of religion that we should walk.' -  herzog, film comment interview 1979.

here horsemouth starts his blogpost early. 

horsemouth's brother has just been. this was a perfect opportunity for horsemouth to get away up to the wen but no  it was not to be horsemouth came down almost immediately with a filthy cough and cold and reviewed most of it from bed. 

it's the evening of the day before. horsemouth is listening to the dave webb show while he types this. it will be in dave webb's archive soon. 

and it is the morning. horsemouth has a shocking cough. it is raining (as it will do for the next two days). he has been out to feed the chickens.