Cover image for Landlines : the remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across Britain / Raynor Winn.
Title:
Landlines : the remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across Britain / Raynor Winn.
ISBN:
9781639364930
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Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., 2023.

©2023
Physical Description:
306 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Lying low -- From the north. The Sheigra Trail: Sheigra to Fort William ; West Highland Way: Fort William to Milngavie ; The Borders: Milngavie to Kirk Yetholm -- The spine. The Pennine Way: Kirk Yetholm to Edale -- Heartlands. Paths, towpaths and Offa's Dyke Path: Edale to Chepstow -- To the south. Highways and byways: Chepstow to Plymouth -- A dance of light. South West Coast Path: Plymouth to Polruan -- After.
Summary:
"Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how do we relate to each other, and to the land? Are we united enough to see protection of the environment as a priority? These are the questions Raynor asks herself as she embarks on her most ambitious walk to date with her husband Moth, from the dramatic beauty of north-west Scotland to the familiar territory of the South-west Coast Path. Chronicling her journey across Great Britain with trademark luminous prose, Raynor maps not only the physical terrain, but captures the collective consciousness of a country facing an uncertain path ahead"-- Publisher's description.

"The powerful story of a 1,000-mile healing walk—from the lochs of Scotland to England's southwest coast—in a remarkable evocation of modern-day Britain. Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth’s health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once before. But will he—can he?—set out with her on another healing walk? The Cape Wrath Trail is hundreds of miles of grueling terrain through Scotland's remotest mountains and lochs. But the lure of the wilderness and the beguiling beauty of the awaiting glens draw them northwards. Being one with nature saved them in their darkest hour years earlier—and their hope is that this experience can work its magic again. So Raynor and Moth embark on an incredible thousand-mile journey: from Scotland to the familiar shores of the South West Coast Path, from Northumberland to the Yorkshire moors, and from Wales to home again. As they map with each step the landscape of their island nation, they find themselves facing existential questions—about themselves and about their country—during this epic, inspiring odyssey."-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1390645383
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