At times this book approached the absurb with the eccentricities of various famous walkers through the ages. Characters like Mudman a man who walks with ever changing sculpture on his back. Old Leatherman who walked dressed in leather. Or Capt Barclay who walked one mile for 1000 successive hours.
There were moments when he shared his family with the reader and how growing up walking influenced his life today as a writer.

Overall it was difficult to read through to the end because of the many antedotes loosely woven together.