Walking, a departure / Richard Ford -- Following others / Tim Parks -- We going Santiago / Ingrid Persaud -- Skiddaw / A.L. Kennedy -- Around Deer's Slope / Pico Iyer -- Even Greater Kailash and (Parts of Conoor) / Keshava Guha -- A record (rain) / Jessica J. Lee -- A curvy road is better than a straight one / Sally Bayley -- Hard shoulder / Harland Miller -- Grain... again / Will Self -- Routes / Irenoson Okojie -- Lost / Joanna Kavenna -- Portals / Ag̈ns Poirier -- 'Faraway places near here' / Siňad Gleeson -- Lucky horseshoe / Kathleen Rooney -- Depths of field / Josephine Rowe -- Out of my cage / Kamila Shamsie -- Shore / Cynan Jones -- Lot's wife, and some reflections on walking at night / Nicholas Shakespeare -- The returns home / Patrick Gale

"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 collection, twenty writers set out on new adventures, or in the company of old memories. 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, and more"--Publisher's description