A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
I'd met a really nice couple just before here, there were the artists who lived in the house with the 'gallery' signs painted on trees as I approached the end of the tarmac.
He pointed me to the right track, flattered me by saying he'd thought I was French when I was speaking to him, and offered me the huge mushroom he'd picked whilst out on their walk.