3.75 stars.
Will Ferguson set out to walk along the Ulster Way in Northern
Ireland, starting and ending in Belfast. The trail was meant to
follow all around N. Ireland, but as Will found out, there were
plenty of places where the trail seemed nonexistent. Ferguson's
grandfather originally came from Belfast, but Will was trying to
dig deeper into his mysterious history. While he was in Ireland, he
thought he'd also do some investigating into his orphaned
grandfather's past.
The majority of the book focused on the trip, the walking of the
trail, rather than his grandfather's past. He includes a lot of
Irish history and folklore, as he travels through. Ferguson is
usually very funny, though I didn't find this book nearly as funny
as some of his others. But, the Irish history was all interesting,
and since I like biographies, I was interested in Will's family
history, too. Once I got past the fact that it wasn't a funny as
some of his other stuff, I really enjoyed it.