The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers


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(5 stars; 5 reviews)

This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges, and experience of walking. It features some famous authors (Thoreau, Dickens, Whitman, etc.) and others who are less well known. The works include essays, excerpts from fictional works, and first-person accounts of adventures had while walking. The collection was compiled by Hilaire Belloc, a Franco-English writer, many of whose books have been recorded for Librivox. - Summary by Verla Viera (5 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Introduction 21:27 Read by Verla Viera
Walking an Antidote to City Poison; On Going a Journey 28:59 Read by valroth
The Bishop of Salisbury’s Horse; A Strolling Pedlar; A Stout Pedestrian; Lake Scenery 22:27 Read by Steve C
Walking, and the Wild, Part 1 25:06 Read by tshoes76
Walking, and the Wild, Part 2 23:33 Read by tshoes76
Walking, and the Wild, Part 3 23:52 Read by tshoes76
A Young Tramp 10:35 Read by April6090
De Quincey leads the Simple Life 7:06 Read by Stacey Malcolm
A Resolution 18:52 Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
The Snowdon Ranger 17:00 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Song of the Open Road 19:31 Read by valroth
Walking Tours; Sylvanus Urban discovers a Good Brew 23:35 Read by jenno
Minchmoor 22:59 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
In Praise of Walking, Part 1 21:18 Read by marisad6
In Praise of Walking, Part 2 23:36 Read by marisad6
The Exhilarations of the Road 35:39 Read by janicwedge

Reviews

Helps manage my ptsd


(5 stars)

I find this to be a valuable aid for relaxation and sleep and off to sleep i went then I started having a dream and the lady in the dream had a beautiful voice and she was lovely, she led me around with such grace and persuasion I was enamoured by her and then she handed me a glass of champagne and we did like a waltz then I woke up from the dream and the audio was Song of the Open Road read by Val Roth.