The hefted holiday maker is a phrase that Julian Baggini comes up with in his book Welcome to Every-town. He distinguishes between the herded, the hefted and the individual - When i reflect on Church I find them three rather useful terms.
The herd is obvious, you follow the crowd you go with the majority, because that is the easiest. Choices are removed as you climb on board the coach and the coach takes you to all the places that you could possibly want to go. However, you sacrifice choice and spontaneity for convenience. We don't really get any students at Sanctus1, and the reason why is because the majority of them are herded. They'll go where the other students go because it's convenient...
At the other end is the individual, those independent free spirits who seek out the unusual places just because they don't like the herd or being herded. This is, of course, over simplistic - the 'independent traveller' is also herded - just in a different way. They are herded by the rough guide or lonely planet...yes, they have a degree more choice, but they are still herded.
The heft is very interesting and reminds me of the flea circus. A heft is an unfenced area of a field that sheep learn to keep themselves in. This was originally taught to them by a Shepherd, but as time goes on the sheep pass it on to each other - they no longer need shepherding they have been hefted...the territorial boundaries become blurred and more flexible, but they rarely stray beyond them and there are no fences to keep them in.
Need I say more?
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