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Retirement Blues Goodbye! Along Wainwright's Coast to Coast Path
- Narrated by: Richard H Cowley
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
The book is an account of the day to day exploits of an expatriate Manxman and an Australian chum who seek to shake off the retirement blues by walking Alfred Wainwright’s Coast to Coast path. It took 18 days to walk the 191 miles from the priory village of St Bees on the Irish Sea to arrive at the former smuggler’s stronghold of Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire coast. The trail passes through some of England’s most rugged and sublime countryside. This trek was all it took for Richard to become hooked on the roving gypsy life so loved by the super-tramp poet William Henry Davies and the busking writer Laurie Lee.
On the road, each step away from the day before so revitalized Richard's sense of freedom that he was able to live in the moment and bask in the simple delight of being. This wonderful experience rekindled his enthusiasm for adventure, sparking a determination to commit to life with renewed vigor and vitality. This was no time for retirement!
It’s estimated that 10,000 people attempt this walk each year. Along the way Richard met backpackers who had trekked many famous trails throughout the world. They generally agreed that the Coast to Coast path is the most beautiful and enjoyable walk they’d done. There are many books about walking pilgrimage trails or fighting nature in wild and wonderful places.
This book is nothing like that, it’s about a long distance walk on a readily assessable trail that does not require superhuman effort to complete the distance. The book will appeal to walkers in general and to those contemplating a hiking holiday. The mass of armchair ramblers may also enjoy reading about the fascinating strangers and bizarre situations Richard encountered along the way. It is possible that there are legions of older people who, on reading about this life changing adventures, may be tempted to try hiking themselves.
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- Mr R.M.Evans
- 21-02-24
The reality of what took place
The humour was good and description of daily detail. Overall a great listen over three nights. I felt compelled to keep listening.
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- A live music fan
- 08-09-19
A perfect gift... for walkers and non walkers!
When I first read this book I had absolutely no idea about long distance walking. As I worked my way through the easy consumable chapters I began to live, at least spiritually, the coast to coast walk and started, slowly at first, to understand the allure of the walk-eat-sleep-walk life. It’s not trite to say that through recounting the characters, scenery and history of the coast to coast route the author manages to inspire you to try something new in your life. I experienced a ‘joie de vivre’ on my own day walks but began to hanker for more.
Since those intervening years, I have completed a few long distance walks of my own, the Limestone Way in Derbyshire, The Cotswold Way and the Caminho Portugal but the coast to coast remains on my bucket list to do. And these have been some of the most memorable days of my life.
So if you are looking for inspiration or want to explain the wanderlust to the one you love buy this book but be WARNED prepared they may start ‘sailing away from their own safe harbour!’
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- Keef
- 12-03-23
Don’t let writer narrate
The bloody pipes at the beginning of each chapter drove me mad, narration is just awful. Shame as could be very good if the writer had not indulge himself so much in narration
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