that ‘walking itself has not changed the world, but walking together has been a rite, tool and reinforcement of the civil society that can stand up to violence, to fear and to repression.’ I too have walked – marched – along with thousands of others to try to effect change. I’ve been swept along in a racing tide of pilgrims, joined together by a religious fervour, but ultimately walking only for themselves.

But our walk through the French countryside along with two or three hundred others was nothing more than an excuse for a community get together. To walk and talk and eat and drink and take pleasure in all those things. It was a celebration. As good a reason to walk as any.

From Thinking on My Feet, 2018

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