As a walking person I was drawn to Macfarlane's book, but I did not really understand that it was a walking tribute to Edward Thomas who was the writer that influenced Robert Frost and was the basis for the Two Paths Diverge verses.
It is a book that is rich in references to paths, writing, walking, philosophy.
These are the folk paths, the journeys by foot that have marked the earth for centuries and the landscape that is encountered when they are walked now.
Some parts of the book drag and others are too short. Depending upon your reference, each chapter has a different perspective and collectively they honor the basic experience of walking..
It started out slowly and suddenly it was over. How did that happen. Maybe, like a walk, it takes time to get your stride, to feel the landscape and find the stories that are all around.
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