The Salt Path Taps Into a Long History of Searching for Healing on England’s South-West Coast

The Salt Path taps into a long history of searching for healing on England’s south-west coast

Moth Winn was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 53 and in the same week he and his wife, Raynor, lost their home. As the bailiffs arrived, the couple made a remarkable decision: to take a 630-mile year-long coastal walk from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall. Their journey was first told in Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir The Salt Path, which has now been made into a film. In The Salt Path, Gillian Anderson and Jason …

Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs Blaze a Trail of Hope in "The Salt Path"

Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs star in The Salt Path, a powerful tale of love, loss, and survival along England’s rugged coastline. (PHOTO: Screenshot The Guardian) Gillian Anderson, stepping away from her cadre of powerful, well-heeled women, trades her tailored suits for hiking boots in The Salt Path, the film adaptation of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir. Known for portraying figures like Margaret Thatcher in The Crown and the indomitable…

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

This is the inside story of The Salt Path, a publishing phenomenon that's now a hit film. And it all started with an email to Big Issue.

What is The Salt Path and can I hike it? As the much-anticipated movie hits the big screens we look at the iconic UK hiking trail that provides its setting

The long-awaited film version of Raynor Winn’s beloved memoir opens in movie theaters in the USA and UK on May 30 – it might just leave you wanting to explore England's famous South West Coast Path