Thomson undertakes a walk the Ichnield Way, an ancient path. He starts in Abbotsbury in Dorset, at the far end of the Fleet, and crosses Dorset and Wiltshire continually passing hill forts, barrows, mound, stone circles and other glimpses of prehistoric and bronze age life in this country. The journey takes him across the country to Norfolk where he end his walk at the place where Seahenge was excavated from.
I quite enjoyed it, as it combined interesting subjects, history and travel, and the writing is effortless to read.
I enjoyed less the personal bits he added; about his divorce, and of friends past.
He is also funny and opinionated which means he probably upset a lot of the people who read this... if fact he has included a rejection letter at the end of the book where the rejector lists everybody he manages to insult. Had me chuckling, a really good letter.
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