The Opening Country av John Micklewright

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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. <div><br></div><div><i>The Opening Country</i> 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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div><i>The Opening Country<