Apparently in all seriousness, the BBC reports:

A man who planned to walk from Bristol to India without any money has quit, after getting as far as Calais, France.

Mark Boyle, 28, who set out four weeks ago with only T-shirts, a bandage and sandals, hoped to rely on the kindness of strangers for food and lodging.

But, because he could not speak French, people thought he was free-loading or an asylum seeker.

Not easily discouraged, Mr Boyle has “stumbled” on a solution:

He now plans to walk around the coast of Britain instead, learning French as he goes, so he can try again next year…

Seems a useful approach, although French tends not to be widely spoken in most British coastal communities.

Nonetheless, once he masters French, he may well be able to walk through France en route to India . . .

. . . presumably without first having to walk through non-French speaking Italy, Spain, or Germany?