Micklewright John - The Opening Country A Walk Through France - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In this journey of discovery John Micklewright travels the slow way on foot on paths tracks and byways from the Channel to the Alps from the coast of Normandy to the flanks of Mont Blanc. The Opening Country is a beautifully written account of his progress through the French countryside an evocative patchwork of landscape nature history literature film and drawing on his father's diaries that stretch back to the 1930s of memoir. Always curious absorbing all around him ready on a whim to divert from his chosen route as he heads unhurriedly southwards. The natural world unfolds as spring turns to summer with surprises of bird song and butterflies against a constant background of reminders of the economic and social story of rural France and of wars past. The result is an engrossing record of a classic long - distance walk through Britain's nearest continental neighbour. The Opening Country is a book to fire the imagination a call to travel slowly to open eyes and ears to discover and explore.
Title: The Opening Country A Walk Through France
Author(s): Micklewright John
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Barcode: 9781800461277
Pages: 260 Pages
Publication Date: 3/28/2021
Category: Classic Travel Writing