Comments on: Review: If You Only Walk Long Enough: Exploring the Pyrenees, by Steve Cracknell

By: Terry Cudbird

Terry Cudbird — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:01:14 +0000

Steve Cracknell was recently looking at my website on my walk 4,000 miles around the circumference of France http://www.walkingaroundfrance.com. I include a section of the GR10 and a whole lot more

By: Steve Cracknell

Steve Cracknell — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:21:09 +0000

There are now photos and a blog at http://www.pyreneanway.com. I have just been to Mont Perdu.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:24:52 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it John.

By: John Hesp

John Hesp — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:03:55 +0000

Finished it this morning. Thoroughly enjoyable. Fascinated that such a well produced book can be self published and sold for Â£9.50. Oddly it didn’t make me want to rush off and walk the Pyrenees. Maybe if it had had photos it would have done, but I see the cost of publishing such a book would be far more.

Steve, congratulations on completing the walk and the book.

John

By: andy

andy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:10:13 +0000

Worth reading I think John.

By: John Hesp

John Hesp — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:47:07 +0000

Ordered. Sounds great.

By: Peewiglet

Peewiglet — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:09:18 +0000

I’m going to get this. I think I’ll get the paperback version and read it in bed. Thanks v. much for the recommendation

By: andy

andy — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:44:51 +0000

Interested to see how you get on with the download. Must say that I was very impressed by the quality of the book finish â€” a really good, quality product.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:40:25 +0000

How could I resist it after a review like that?

Having missed your Amazon link (too impatient to get a copy, see) I went direct to Lulu and downloaded a copy. Downloading a book – whatever next?!

By: andy

andy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:37:15 +0000

Well, you’re more of a specialist explorer than most of us!

This was a difficult book to categorise. It’s not travel literature and its not a guide book. Stylistically, it reminded me of your books â€” though the walking is much more in the league that the rest of us can cope with.

I did enjoy it mainly because Steve fills in far more detail about history and culture than you would get anywhere else â€” in that way it is similar to your books.

If anyone is wondering how their middle aged knees will cope with the ups and downs of the GR10 â€” this is the book for you!