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The Robert Louis Stevenson trail: the man who wrote "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go", is enshrined in the leafy hills of Southern France. Many still make a pilgrimage in celebration of his memory.(Brief Article)

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From: Geographical
Date: 20030601
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 12-day journey in 1878 with his recalcitrant companion Modestine was popularised the following year in his Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. While Stevenson's star continued to brighten with the success of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped, the Cevennes remained in the dark; a crescent of remote upland hidden between the misty forests of the Massif Central and the scrubby garrigue of Provence. Now, a long-distance footpath, the Stevenson Trail is etched for eternity into this region of chestnut woods and spectacular gorges, where wild boar still ...

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