For readers seeking inspiration and resilience, Landlines by Raynor Winn is a Sunday Times bestseller that chronicles a 1000-mile journey from Scotland to the South West Coast Path. This British nature writing masterpiece offers a powerful account of love and endurance.
Join Raynor and Moth on their remarkable 1000-mile walk from Scotland to the South West Coast Path in this powerful account of our country's land, and the people that make it. Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure: the healing power of walking. Embarking on a journey across the Cape Wrath Trail, over 200 miles of gruelling terrain through Scotland's remotest mountains and lochs, Raynor and Moth look to an uncertain future. Fearing that miracles don't often repeat themselves. But for all the physical struggle, there is healing. And so when their journey ends, they do what they know best: they keep walking... Their journey began in fear. But can it end in hope? From the glens of Scotland to the familiar shores of the South West Coast Path, this is the inspiring story of a thousand-mile journey and love letter to our land.
Raynor Winn is the bestselling author of The Salt Path and The Wild Silence. The Salt Path won the inaugural RSL Christopher Bland Prize and was shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award and the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize. The Wild Silence was shortlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. She is a regular long-distance walker and writes about nature, homelessness and our relationship to the land. She lives in Cornwall with her husband Moth.
