recommended for a related read : Robert Macfarlane, "The Old Ways" - a very lyrical book about tramping/hiking/roaming. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/560/560

recommended for a related read : Robert Macfarlane, "The Old Ways" - a very lyrical book about tramping/hiking/roaming. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/560/56083/the-old-ways/9780141030586.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/560/56083/the-old-ways/97801... I also like the wistful poem "Roads" by Edward Thomas: "On this earth 'tis sure We men have not made Anything that doth fade So soon, so long endure:" which contains the immortal line "Now All Roads Lead to France": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57265/roads-56d23a98e9981 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57265/roads-56d23a98e...