Opening Country: A Walk Through France

The Opening Country is a journey of discovery through the French countryside, combining landscape, nature, history, literature, film, and memoir. It is an engrossing record of a classic long-distance walk through Britains nearest continental neighbour, inspiring a call to travel slowly and explore.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2021
Publisher: Troubador Publishing

John Micklewright embarks on a remarkable journey of discovery, traversing the vast expanse from the Channel to the Alps, encompassing the picturesque landscapes of Normandy and the majestic peaks of Mont Blanc. In his captivating book, The Opening Country, Micklewright offers a poignant and evocative account of his progress through the French countryside. This literary masterpiece weaves together a rich tapestry of landscape, nature, history, literature, film, and personal memoir, drawing upon his father's diaries dating back to the 1930s. With an insatiable curiosity and an open mind, Micklewright embarks on his leisurely southward journey, unhurriedly absorbing the essence of his surroundings. As spring gives way to summer, the natural world unfolds before him, adorned with the melodious songs of birds and the delicate fluttering of butterflies. Against a backdrop of reminders of rural France's economic and social narrative and the echoes of past wars, Micklewright's journey becomes an engrossing record of a classic long-distance walk through Britain's nearest continental neighbour. The Opening Country serves as a stirring call to travel slowly, to cultivate a heightened sense of observation and appreciation, and to embark on explorations that reveal the hidden treasures of the world. This book ignites a flame of wanderlust within readers, inspiring them to embrace the beauty of the journey and the transformative power of slow travel.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800461277