Gone Walkies

I just have to share this nifty little book Mfred recommended.  I still have not finished reading it, but have been chuckling all along.  Best thing is I really want to go and walk the Coastal Path now.

It's all about a guy who walks the SouthEast from Minehead to Poole in Dorset and covers the 500 miles.

Really neat. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Oh..guess I should tell you what it is called!
500 Mile Walkies by Mark Wallington..you can buy it used only on Amazon.com US or UK!

Actually it's not.  It's actually a story of the guy walking the trail and some of the interesting peeps he and his very ugly ugly dog encounter along the way.

It's a light read and cute. Would make a good airplane book.

Not an epic by any means.  Still have not read it all the way through.

Vnicepeeps...  I can not believe I missed this post...

500 mile walkies is about a guy that takes this walk to impress a girl...  and he takes a friends (very Ugly) dog with him to keep him company...  it is a factual walk with a bit of fictional humor added to it.

If you love a light read and enjoy laughing...  this is a great little book...and actually series...  below are the names of sequencial books that followed this walk.

These books are favorites of Tom since he is a walker...  Over last winter and when I had DSL...  he read to me, 500 mile walkies and most of Boogie up the river over netmeeting cam time. I will need to wait for the rest of Boogie up the river since I have dial up now and the interferrence is not great for a reading session.

The books give a very vivid and visual concept that you can almost see every step he took...  By the time Tom finished 500 mile walkies to me, I was begging him to take me on the same walk so I could see the beauty I was imagining. as well as a nice boat trip holiday...  

Boogie up the River - is the second of books, telling how they took a boat ride up the Thames to find the source...

Travels with Boogie- two books in one... 500 mile walkies and Boogie up the river.

Pennine Walkies: One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Dogkind...  Not read this one yet...but look forward to hering it once I am in England.

These books are easier to find through Amazon.co.uk...  as Amazon.com only has one of them...  they are all out of print...but used copies can be found...  I have already shipped my boogie up the river to England...  but since Tom already has the series...I will gladly be adding mine to library collection once I get organized there.

If you follow them through the sequence...  you will also catch a small storyline that involves the dog and also the girl he is trying to impress.  you will cheer on the dog and bad mouth the girl...LOL!