Following Robert Louis Stevenson with a Donkey

Most mothers in 1963 didn’t set out on a journey with their daughters through an impoverished section of France with little knowledge of the language. But Betty Gladstone did and ended up being the toast of Le Monastier, France, where she is remembered to this day. Fascinated by Robert Louis Stevenson from her childhood, Betty recreated Stevenson’s 135-mile trek through the Cévennes Mountains in 13 days. Accompanied by her daughters and Modestine, a donkey named after Stevenson’s beast of burden