Taking A Line for a Walk

I'm currently reading this delightful little book (I doubt I've ever used the word 'delightful' before, but its somehow perfect here). I became aware of it some time ago and finally managed to obtain a copy from  Christopher Lambert, the author and artist himself, so I do feel rather privileged to have a copy. Its a tiny book, with very small and fairly hard to read handwriting. When the author started out on his solitary trek from Le Havre to Rome, he kept this journal of his daily progress intermingled with beautiful coloured sketches. At that stage publishing it was probably the furtherest thing from his mind, so you can certainly excuse the size of his handwriting! He manages in this small space though, to capture the essence of the countryside, towns and villages of France, Switzerland and Italy along the way. You can almost feel the hardships (like the aching feet), but then also the pure joy when the simplest and unexpected things occur. 

He walks through some of the places from our recent travels and I've jotted down some interesting sounding villages for us to take a look at!  Anyway, if this book does 'cross your path' at any stage, (pun intended), it is well worth a look.