The most notable extracts from great writers on walking are brought together here, featuring William Hazlitt, Rebecca Solnit, Will Self and many others Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk out a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. But the best insights, the deepest and most joyous examinations of this simple activity are to be found in non-fiction - in essays, travelogues and memoir.
