 A young townsman decides to leave on the traces of the famous Scottish writer Robert Louis STEVENSON in the Cevennes. 125 years later, along the same course, his impressions and his meetings are confronted with those described in the book "Travel with a donkey in the Cevennes". Wandering on the road, interviews reveal little by little contrasted realities (farmers, monks, owners of lodging, salesmen on the markets...) and outline a draft of the History of the crossed areas...