Avail Yourself Landlines Originated By Raynor Winn Readily Available As Audiobook
was daar dan het derde deel van de tocht van Moth en Ray, Wederom de prachtige, heldere en beeldende taal, Het voelt alsof je deel bent van de wandeling, Een aantal elementen werden vaak herhaald Rays schuldgevoel, Moths langzame herstel, het thee drinken, tóch als maar verder lopen, waardoor het soms wat voorspelbaar werd.
Ik miste de onverwachte wending en / of nieuwe gebeurtenis in dit boek een beetje,
Nieuw was het aansnijden van maatschappelijk relevante onderwerpen zoals klimaatverandering, de Brexit, Corona en oog voor biodiversiteit, Mooi, maar in mijn ogen soms wat geknutseld,
Desalniettemin heb ik weer onwijs genoten van alle mooie omschrijvingen van de natuur, het gevoel en dat wat wandelen in je los maakt “We hebben geen uren of dagen geteld, maar zijn eenvoudigweg vervallen in een toestand van zijn, die kan ontstaan wanneer de gewone, beschaafde wereld je loslaat, zodat je wilde ik de ruimte krijgt” amp “Wanneer het leven wordt teruggebracht tot het hoogstnoodzakelijke, valt de tijd weg” After deciding to walk the Cape Wrath Trail in the Scottish Highlands, Raynor and husband Moth just keep walking until they've completed the thousand miles to their home in Cornwall.
A very similar book to The Salt Path, this tells of their undertaking in the months following lockdown, Possibly her best yet FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE
Preorder the latest book from global bestselling author Raynor Winn, and follow her journey across Great Britain exploring our relationship to the land, and to each other
We're a long way from 'nearly there' the path winds higher and higher, until it almost disappears
As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how do we relate to each other, and to the land on which we live and the world around us
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 alongside her husband Moth from the dramatic beauty of the Cape Wrath Trail in the northwest corner of Scotland, to the familiar territory of the Southwest Coast Path.
Chronicling her journey across Great Britain with trademark luminous, exquisite prose, Raynor maps not only the physical terrain, but also captures the collective consciousness of a country facing an uncertain path ahead.
Ik vond 'Landlines' beter dan haar tweede boek, 'Landlines' is een eerlijk, hartverwarmend boek, Eerlijk omdat de schrijfster niets uit de weg gaat en ook alle tegenslagen, pijntjes en ongemakken van hun tocht niet onvermeld laat.
In het verhaal zit ecologie, geschiedenis en actualiteit geweven, De klimaatopwarming, de Brexit, de ruimtelijke ordening in Schotland en Engeland, . . het komt allemaal aan bod, Bovenal is Raynor Winn een betere schrijfster geworden, Alsof ze haar roeping en het nodige zelfvertrouwen gevonden heeft, Maar het boek is vooral reclame voor het wandelen, Haar enthousiasme en ook het doorzettingsvermogen van Moth, haar man, werken aanstekelijk, Je zou zo de wandelschoenen willen aantrekken en een van die iconische trails of walks in Engeland willen afstappen! What I love about Raynor Winns writing, aside from her atmospheric use of language, is her ability to find hope in even the most daunting of challenges.
Be it a winding vertiginous path, boots that strip the skin of your toes and heels by the end of day one, or your husbands devastating diagnosis
of a progressive neurological disorder.
Hope is not easily won, you need to plant yourself in its path and fight for it, All of which both Raynor and Moth pledge themselves to, utterly, with their own brand of resilience and good humour, and by choosing to walk from Scotland back to their home in Cornwall.
Like the path under their feet, life is rarely straightforward or easy going, but the views can be exceptional, A most enjoyable read. Enjoyable enough for me to read the first two books, :
My review is published in the November edition of Goodreading magazine, I enjoyed the personal story and the descriptions of places, some of which were familiar to me but I thought there was too much "save the world" polemic.
It seemed that everything was seen through this "campaign" which became too repetitive and spoilt the flow of the essential story of the journey and the improvement in Moth's health which was much more heart warming.
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Well Raynor Winn has done it again, I love these books so much! Every time I read one, it makes me want to pack up the essentials and just keep on walking.
In this book, not only do we get to explore a route along with Raynor and her husband Moth, but they take us through parts of Scotland, England and Wales! They are such an inspiration to me, especially Moth who as many of you will know has a degenerative disease.
This is such a hopeful book, a love story to our environment and the many great walks available to us.
A must read. Ray's third book begins with Moth's deteriorating health, She somehow convinces him to walkmiles of Scotland in the hope his health will improve as it did on the south coast path.
Slowly they trample their way through Scottish wilderness, in a midCovid landscape of extremes some people refuse to even serve them food, while others go out of their way to help them.
This book is a celebration and lament for the British landscape, How things have changed and how the majority of us don't treasure what is left, A beautiful thought provoking book, Another brilliant inspirational read. Now where are my walking boots Exceptional book beautifully written I have been on a journey, I couldnt wait for this book to be in the US market so I ordered it from the UK, I love Raynor Winns writing so much and connect so much with what drives them, Her writing is so poetic:
I fill my pockets with empty shells as we climb on to the headland, over grass kept razorshort by high winds, but carpeted with tiny yellow potentilla and grassshort Alpine flowers.
A final scramble over pink rock and this wild, alien corner of Scotland opens ahead of us, White scudding clouds throw shadows across moorlands stretching south towards the mountains of Sutherland, To the north, a coastline of rocky cliffs shines pink in the earlyevening sun, curving away towards the unobtainable Cape Wrath.
And to the west, the Atlantic Ocean, a far silverblue reaching all the way to Newfoundland,
I admit I felt a bit guilty reading her third book, I receive so much joy from her writing and this glimpse into their adventures yet their travels are inspired to help cope with Moths illness and I feel badly I receive join from their pain.
The artwork on her covers is beautiful too,
I also so connect with her activist beliefs, “Real change will take the consensus of humanity, ordinary people accepting that this is an existential crisis for us, as much as it is for the cuckoo.
The climate crisis cant be solved by carbon offsetting merely moving figures around the carbon chess board and allowing polluters to go on polluting.
That time is over. Time now for us to look up and see whats happening the cuckoos cant wait any longer, ” When did humans start to believe our eco in the land required ownership and borders was it when we stopped moving and started to build Was that the moment we began to disconnect from the land and each other yet all the time while in the wilderness we argue about who wields the power, the climate is heating up and the very land over which were arguing is beginning to burn.
The UN climate report is published and they are calling it code red for humanity, The world will hit a tipping point in, The point of no return for many of us,
The true value of pine trees they emit a chemical known as pinene: for the trees it forms the haze that protects them from the heat of the sun for us it has an equally protective effect.
Scientists have found that when we inhale pinene it chemically interacts with our bodies, lowering levels of stress cortisol and enhancing the activity of anticancer killer cells.
Just imagine what the world could look like, Imagine a landscape filled with wildflowers and the rich smell of honey rising from acres of ladys bedstraw, the air thick with insects.
Its intoxicating.
Hearing stories on the hiking trails and connecting with others in this community is so powerful, Hearing the story of a father who did not achieve his aims, and living without doing the things he wanted to do of wishes and hopes that became nothing but regrets in the end.
They meet so many people who recommend they read The Salt Path to boost their spirits and are amazed at what they are doing at their age.
Why do young people think adventures stop when you gather a few wrinkles You just keep putting one foot in front of the other if you havent strained it yet.
Moth is also such a philosopher, The action of walking for a long time allows the world to fall away eventually the walker and the path become one, the walker reaches the way less way and one doesnt have to go to the top of the moors to reach wilderness.
Its already here imprinted on the inside like your no longer in the landscape but youre part of it you are the landscape.
This is such a story of hope and of love, Ray sees the light of hope and of the desire to keep trying, Moth wants to hike this adventure and she will always follow him, “Ive followed his wild enthusiasm for all of my adult life, followed it like a beacon through every twist and turn, in every hidden corner and exposed headland.
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“Thousands of feet over thousands of years have trodden many of the same trails we have, tracing their passage on to the landscape, imprinting their memories into the soil.
What remains are not just paths, their precious landlines that connect us into the earth, to our past and to each other.
Weve followed them for a thousand miles, heard so many stories and become something other than walkers, Were at the point where time and place and energy combine, where we become the path, the walker, and the story.
Were already part of our landlines, part of the song of the land,
What if we reimagine this land Create one where biodiversity and humanity are set free A land where we can feed ourselves without destroying our environment.
What if we join up the islands of stranded biodiversity Bypass the monocultures, Link our areas of wildlife dense habitat to other areas, creating corridors of natural abundance, Landlines that join, one to the other, across the country, giving biodiversity free passage through a network of wild arteries that flow into every depleted corner, where wildlife, plants, and humans roam free.
What if farmers reduce their reliance on chemicals, becoming educators, teaching non farmers and future generations that food is a precious commodity that our farmland is precious and biodiversity is too.