Ursula Martin has worked in a variety of occupations - festival crew, care worker, photographer, volunteer farm worker, Tefl teacher - while spending most of the last ten years travelling.
a remarkable story both of self-discovery through physical
connection with the landscape and of one womans admirable bravery
and bravado The Bookseller
'A rare combination of an epic tale of an extraordinary adventure
and a delicately woven study of the kindness of random strangers.
Hugely enjoyable' Clare Balding
'An inspiring tale of fortitude, determination and generosity that
leaves the reader breathless with admiration.' Kate Humble
'Nature writing of astonishing tenderness and brutal honesty.'
Hannah Englekamp
'Brave, fierce, honest and deeply moving Like writers from
Wordsworth to Rousseau, Chatwin to Leigh Fermor, Martin has
answered the siren call to travel by foot. As St Augustine is
supposed to have said, solvitur ambulando: it is solved by
walking.' Justin Marozzi
1 from every print copy sold will be donated to Target Ovarian
Cancer
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