Traces the authors' trek along the G10, the French Ramblers' Federation's
preferred route through the Pyrenees, a trail that can be both treacherous and
exhilarating.The Pyrenees stretches 900 kilometres, from the Atlantic to the
Mediterranean coasts, and provides some of the most breathtakingly beautiful
landscape to be found in Europe. This rocky ridge rides the cusp between three
cultures: French, Spanish and Basque - each having its own rich and
passionately defended identity - and every year tens of thousands of visitors
sample its unique delights. TV presenter Simon Calder is an enthusiastic fan of
this spectacular mountain range and, being a keen walker, delights in the
well-plotted hiking routes that traverse the region.; Along with friend and colleague, BBC radio producer Mick Webb, he steps out
to conquer the roof of the Pyrenees. They follow the time-honoured tradition of
walking the G10, the preferred route of the fiercely independent -and, at times
eccentric - French Ramblers' Federation. Testing a hiker's emotional resilience
as keenly as his walking boots, the G10 is not for the faint-hearted. Weaving
an occasionally treacherous, always exhilarating trajectory through a landscape
of strong traditions and strange animals, Calder and Webb narrate an eventful
and humorous travelogue that will delight keen hikers and armchair travellers
alike.
