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Where My Feet Fall Lib/E: Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories
Where can a walk take you?
It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking.
In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other.
This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agn�s Poirier, Josephine Rowe, Sinead Gleeson, Pico Iyer, Patrick Gale and Jessica J. Lee.
It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking.
In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other.
This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agn�s Poirier, Josephine Rowe, Sinead Gleeson, Pico Iyer, Patrick Gale and Jessica J. Lee.
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October 5, 2022
Modern transport is amazing. I can climb in my car, drive to an airport, and board a plane that can take me halfway around the world. But there is very little pleasure in travelling this way, it is clinical and impersonal, you don’t connect with the places and people that you are passing by and you barely have time to think.
Ironically the original way that we had of travelling, walking, is still the best way of forging those connections with people and the inner recesses of my mind. Others find similar comfort in taking a walk, and in this book, Duncan Minshull has collected together 20 essays from a variety of different authors who each bring a perspective on the act of placing one foot in front of the other.
In his essay, Richard Ford contemplates the decision process he goes through when choosing to go for a walk for the sake of it rather than for a specific purpose. Ingrid Persaud writes about the act of pilgrimage on a walk to Santiago when she has not undertaken any training. She suffers, but in the end knows why she did it as she places her hands on the walls of the cathedral at the end.
Walking a route that Sally Bayley used to do many years ago as a child brings back countless memories both happy and sad. Taking a dog for a walk is something that many people do each day, and for Irenosen Okojie, this is a daily ritual. In her essay, her dog, Gogo slips the lead and vanishes in the distance causing her to panic.
I liked almost every essay in this book, apart from one, which while it was well written, didn’t really fit the brief in my eyes. The variety of authors and the specific subjects they write about just goes to show that each and every walk can present a moment to discover something new about the world around us. I’d recommend this, especially if you read a little then take a walk to think about it.
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Grain … Again – Will Self
Following Others – Tim Parks
Around Deer’s Slope – Pico Iyer
A Record (Rain) – Jessica J. Lee
Ironically the original way that we had of travelling, walking, is still the best way of forging those connections with people and the inner recesses of my mind. Others find similar comfort in taking a walk, and in this book, Duncan Minshull has collected together 20 essays from a variety of different authors who each bring a perspective on the act of placing one foot in front of the other.
In his essay, Richard Ford contemplates the decision process he goes through when choosing to go for a walk for the sake of it rather than for a specific purpose. Ingrid Persaud writes about the act of pilgrimage on a walk to Santiago when she has not undertaken any training. She suffers, but in the end knows why she did it as she places her hands on the walls of the cathedral at the end.
Walking a route that Sally Bayley used to do many years ago as a child brings back countless memories both happy and sad. Taking a dog for a walk is something that many people do each day, and for Irenosen Okojie, this is a daily ritual. In her essay, her dog, Gogo slips the lead and vanishes in the distance causing her to panic.
I liked almost every essay in this book, apart from one, which while it was well written, didn’t really fit the brief in my eyes. The variety of authors and the specific subjects they write about just goes to show that each and every walk can present a moment to discover something new about the world around us. I’d recommend this, especially if you read a little then take a walk to think about it.
Favourite Essays:<?b>
Grain … Again – Will Self
Following Others – Tim Parks
Around Deer’s Slope – Pico Iyer
A Record (Rain) – Jessica J. Lee
June 7, 2023
This has been in my "Currently reading" list for six months, mainly because I left it at home when I was away for four months. It's not a book you'd want to read from end to end anyway -- short pieces to dip into.
I finished it for completism really -- I was underwhelmed by most of the pieces. The only one that made me want to read more of the author's work was Keshava Guha's Even Greater Kailash (and Parts of Coonoor). But I also enjoyed Harland Miller's walk along a hard shoulder and Josephine Rowe's Depths of Field. Three stars for those.
I finished it for completism really -- I was underwhelmed by most of the pieces. The only one that made me want to read more of the author's work was Keshava Guha's Even Greater Kailash (and Parts of Coonoor). But I also enjoyed Harland Miller's walk along a hard shoulder and Josephine Rowe's Depths of Field. Three stars for those.
October 20, 2024
I picked up this book while traveling on a yearlong sabbatical during which time I did a lot of walking. This book was the perfect companion for my own travels and the variety of essays fit well together, I laughed, I cried, I wondered and awed!!!!
April 16, 2023
Excellent variety of story in terms of style, length and content. A lovely one to dip in to.
January 19, 2024
Various short stories by different authors. Some are better than others. However, I found all of them inspiring to reflect on my own feelings about walking.
April 18, 2025
I couldn't finish this one, none of the essays really stood out to me so I was a little disappointed.
November 7, 2024
Several small travel stories by foot. Cute to have read but it isn’t a book i would read again :)
September 26, 2025
Where My Feet Fall is a quiet, reflective collection that weaves together personal essays about walking from a variety of writers. Some pieces are profound and poetic, others feel a bit meandering. It’s not a page-turner, the idea was greater than the delivery.
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