Her third audience is the experienced rambler who wants to reminisce a little.

"I combine essays, vignettes and stories and tips. I have people who have read the book from all three categories. They said, It was useful. We went on a walk in Wales. We took everything you said, literally. The older people, they love it. They reminisce. The novices all over Plattsburgh say, I think I can do this.' I'm very happy."

In her journal entry, "Good Enough Offa's Dyke Path: Monmouth to Llanvetherine," Berger writes:

"For me a day is blessed when seven out of ten variables go our way, when my attention remains on the pleasures at hand, rather than the difficulties ahead, and when, placing one foot in front of the other, we arrive at our destination reasonably dry and just about on time. This was such a day."

"We walk at a leisurely pace," Berger said. "I can't emphasize that enough. When we walk, we are on vacation. We are not suffering. We do it for fun."

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