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THE CAMPAIGNING SIDE 15lose that comfortable sense of intimacy with allour minor chattels which had been worth so muchto us.For my part I have a maddening desireto burst into the kitchen and see what isgoing on,to lend a hand with the boots or help to beat thecarpets.But the root cause of our discontent is ofcourse that we are not moving on, that we havelost our daily panorama. We are suffering simplyfrom " horizon hunger."" The pauses are also music often the best ofthe music," my singingmaster used to tell me.And the same may be said of the camping dayson a long caravan tour.they are not the best of the music. IfI am not at all sure thatthey areindulged in too frequently they will lose theirsavour, for they are only worth the having whenthey come with a record of solid achievementbehind them. But after a full week on the roadit is delightful to rise half an hour later than usualwith no sense of urgency or dispatch,to sit onafter breakfast for a while and smoke a pipe,while one calculates how manyhave gathered up since last theyof the letters thatwere answeredit will be possible to neglect.Not that a camping day in SIEGLINDA hasabout itany flavour of idleness. The day's work