4 stars
The Salt Path is a memoir about strolling the South West Coastal Pathway, a route that goes between Minehead on the northern Somerset coast to Poole on the south Dorset shoreline. Two individuals, homeless, one terminally unwell, strolling and discovering the sweetness within the rawness of life.
Ray and Moth are a center aged couple; after a nasty enterprise funding and years combating by way of courts they discover themselves homeless with lower than ÂŁ50 every week to reside on. On high of that Moth has been identified with CBD ( corticobasal degeneration). With nowhere to reside, they determine to stroll the coastal pathway, wild tenting and dwelling as frugally as they will.
This can be a stunning story; harrowing and painful, but additionally filled with hope. It highlights homelessness within the UK and the way the homeless are handled. It additionally shines a lightweight on the kindness of strangers.
Strolling elements of this shoreline is on my bucket checklist and I’ve a possibility to stroll it with a pal. She gave me this guide to learn; I’m wanting ahead to dipping my toes into the salty pathway that others have travelled and discovering extra than simply the views alongside the best way.
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Simply days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally unwell, their house and livelihood is taken away. With nothing left and little time, they make the courageous and impulsive choice to stroll the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, by way of Devon and Cornwall.
They’ve virtually no cash for meals or shelter and should carry solely the necessities for survival on their backs as they reside wild within the historic, weathered panorama of cliffs, sea and sky. But by way of each step, each encounter, and each take a look at alongside the best way, their stroll turns into a exceptional journey.
The Salt Path is an trustworthy and life-affirming true story of coming to phrases with grief and the therapeutic energy of the pure world. In the end, it’s a portrayal of house, and the way it may be misplaced, rebuilt, and rediscovered in probably the most surprising methods.
