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More and more people undertook walking tours through the 19th-century, of which the most famous is probably Robert Louis Stevenson’s journey through the CĂ©vennes in France with a donkey, recorded in his Travels with a Donkey (1879). Stevenson also published in 1876 his famous essay “Walking Tours”. The subgenre of travel writing produced many classics in the subsequent 20th-century.

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Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word “walking” is acceptable to describe all forms of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps.

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Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, and showers.

Wild beaches can be valued for their untouched beauty and preserved nature. Where wind is the force distributing the grains inland, the deposit behind the beach becomes a dune.