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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
This was a skim, like my read of Winn's "The Salt Path." This tells of the more recent 1,000 mile journey she and her husband Moth took over Scotland's Cape Wrath Trail through parts of northern Britain, the Yorkshire moors, the South West Coast Path, and Wales, to their home in Cornwall. Moth's disease had been progressing and because he had gotten stronger/better during "The Salt Path" they thought that perhaps hiking (and biking) might be helpful again--it was. I skimmed most of the book, dipping into the places where I had visited in the UK. Lovely nature writing, plenty of camping and adventure details which are really not my thing.
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slow-paced
I may be the first to give this book a single star rating.. I did finish because I wanted to know what would happen, but just like the reading of this book felt like hard work, the walk also did and the reading of the walk.... Well you get it. Moors, rain, midges, mud, blistered feet, walkers that were just going the distance vs walkers "that got it", unfriendly Scots, covid, failing equipment: it was hard work to read about it. And it was repetitive to make the whole thing a proper ordeal.
The infusion of some chapters with pages that seem heavily inspired Wikipedia pages and the forever going on about biodiversity, the climate etc made it even worse. I agree with Raynor that humanity has a problem regarding climate, biodiversity and sustainability, but I don't need anyone preaching about it at random moments in a book that I didn't pick up to constantly be confronted with the authors opinion on the matter. It is tiresome, unnecessary, boring and just unwelcome, as far as I am concerned. Winn's 50 cents to the matter subtract rather than add to the book.
This book just didn't do it for me. At all. However, without giving too much away, I was glad about what I read in the final chapter!
The infusion of some chapters with pages that seem heavily inspired Wikipedia pages and the forever going on about biodiversity, the climate etc made it even worse. I agree with Raynor that humanity has a problem regarding climate, biodiversity and sustainability, but I don't need anyone preaching about it at random moments in a book that I didn't pick up to constantly be confronted with the authors opinion on the matter. It is tiresome, unnecessary, boring and just unwelcome, as far as I am concerned. Winn's 50 cents to the matter subtract rather than add to the book.
This book just didn't do it for me. At all. However, without giving too much away, I was glad about what I read in the final chapter!
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adventurous
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informative
inspiring
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sad
medium-paced
feeling the call to pack up everything up and go thru-hiking for months on end!!! brb!!!!
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As a 31 year old who is awaiting test results for a suspected genetic neurodegenerative condition, this was a hard read in places, but as a lover of the outdoors and the coast path myself, these books have continued to capture me and subsequently make me hopeful for the future. So much so that I finally decided to start an Open uni degree this year. Thank you Raynor for taking us all on yours and Moth's journey. Life is too short to wait around for things to happen, you're both inspirational.