Of Walks and Walking Tours: An Attempt to find a Philosophy and a Creed

The author gathers essays and reflections prompted by country walks and walking tours, blending practical advice with personal anecdote, observations of seasonal landscapes, and philosophical musings. He considers the mental disposition suited to walking, the spiritual and aesthetic effects of nature, notable walkers, and the unity of natural life, while offering travelling tips, dietary notes, and cautions for enthusiastic pedestrians. Interleaving lyrical reverie with pragmatic counsel, the essays move between meditation on transcendence and concrete details of route, diet, and behavior, culminating in reflections on being and the pleasures of solitary and communal walking.