On a right path

The paths at our cottage are laid straight onto the lawn - we only took some turf off and laid the concrete plates to their places using no sand. And after only a couple of years the paths look just like I wanted them to, just like my grandmother's paths used to look, not too straight and not like paths / concrete plate installations at gas stations (or hospital yards) - never mind if the water stays on the paths as long as they don't look to clinical!