Never Again: a walk from Hook of Holland to Istanbul

The main point of travel is to recognise the virtues of staying at home. When at home, it is not possible to get bogged down in Alpine snow, fall over on one’s face on Kosovan tarmac or suffer a comprehensive mugging on deserted roads in Greece.
Trying to emulate Patrick Leigh Fermor, Cameron set off completely unprepared at Hook of Holland to walk to Istanbul. Leigh Fermor was the finer man and better writer; but Cameron’s book is a lot funnier.