The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

The Old Ways is a philosophical examination of the act of walking and how the landscape that surrounds us impacts who we are, following MacFarlane in his travels around the British Isles and further afield to Spain, Palestine, and Tibet. Robert MacFarlane is a generous writer, and his deep-dive style of presentation along with his beautiful prose makes his books a completely immersive experience. I read it twice in quick succession because there was so much information to take in I was worried I'd miss something, and I have no doubt I'll read it again.