Picking up a stone to carry across England

The problem with the good old U.S. of A. is that it's just too big. Plus there's all that flat stuff in the middle. Our best-known trails don't run from sea to sea; they follow more scenic north-south routes along mountain chains. A few hardy souls have walked the breadth of the country — there's even a new American Discovery Trail to try to follow (although it's not yet complete). But for most Americans, walking across a country means walking across some other country.

The 192-mile long Coast-to-Coast, which crosses northern England, including the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the North York Moors, is one of Europe's premier sea-to-sea walks. Another is the 212-mile long Southern Upland Way, which runs through southern Scotland's hills and lochs. And the approximately 600-mile long Pyrenees High Route, which follows the sharp and serrated Franco-Spanish border from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

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