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Six Pairs of Boots: Spain to Cyprus on the E4 Trail By John Pucknell

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Publication date: 30/09/2021
ISBN: 9781800161405
Size: 147x445
Imprint: Vanguard Press
Pages: 272

Six Pairs of Boots: Spain to Cyprus on the E4 Trail

John Pucknell

The E4 European Long Distance Trail is a 6,662 mile hiking route that arcs across Europe from Spain to Cyprus. Passing through eleven countries, it crosses diverse landscapes, from high mountains to unending plains, and submerges the traveller in a range of cultures, each with its own language (eight in all), cuisine and history.

Contemplating obstacles such as Mount Olympus and the Pyrenees, I thought the walk might be a bit of a challenge for me in my retirement. Speaking no language but English would not help. Some questioned the sanity of camping and walking alone in strange places, but, undeterred, I made my plans and set off from Tarifa. The man in the outdoors shop told me August was too hot to walk in southern Spain, so I started on the 1st of September. That was my first mistake...

About Author

John Pucknell, author

John Pucknell

The author is a self-described, ordinary, middle-aged bloke with a healthy dislike of routine. Following a career in engineering, which included a little too much desk work for his liking, he immediately launched himself into a more active lifestyle in retirement, in which chaffing thighs and sore shoulders figured prominently. Not content with walking the likes of the Pennine Way, he turned his sights to Europe, completing the E4 long-distance trail from Spain to Cyprus. After a brief reunion with his long-suffering wife and dogs, he embarked on his next adventure. This book is the result.

 

By the same author Six Pairs of Boots: Spain to Cyprus on the E4 Trail published by Vanguard Press, 2021

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