In this fascinating book, Terry Cudbird reveals the obsession that is long-distance walking. His itinerary covered the six sides of the French hexagon. In a year's walking he passed through the Pyrenees, the Languedoc, Provence, the Alps, the Jura, Alsace, Lorraine, Picardy, Normandy, Brittany, and Aquitaine. En route he discovered the astonishing variety in France's regions, their culture, history, languages, architecture and food.