Roger Sproston on the lost art of travel

Today's young backpackers have Instagram GPS phones and Wi-Fi connection in the remotest parts of the worldBut the trail-blazing hippies of the 1970s took off with no plans and little knowledge of what lay ahead Roger Sproston, 63, made travelling his life, hitch-hiking from the UK to India via AfghanistanHis adventures included solo hiking in Kathmandu, living in a skip in San Francisco and dodging bullets in Iran Trail-blazing: Roger Sproston with his backpack in the 1970sTo…