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Landlines

Landlines

Narrative non-fictionNatureTravel
Pages
288
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

After the success of The Salt Path, Raynor Winn returns with Landlines. This book chronicles a remarkable 1000-mile hiking journey across Britain, from Scotland's lochs to England's southwest coast. It's an inspiring account of healing and finding solace in nature, blending personal experience with broader themes like the climate crisis and food security.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InspiringReflectiveAdventurous
Road TripSurvival

Genres

Nature Travel Biography & Memoir Biography Memoir

About the author

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Raynor Winn

Raynor Winn is an English writer and long-distance walker, best known for The Salt Path (2018), a memoir recounting a walk along the South West Coast Path with her husband, Moth, after the couple lost their home and he received a diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration. She followed it with The Wild Silence (2020) and Landlines (2022); The Salt Path was adapted into a 2025 film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. In July 2025, a newspaper investigation questioned aspects of the memoir's a...

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Landlines a sequel to The Salt Path?

    Yes. Landlines (2022) is Raynor Winn's third book, following The Salt Path (2018) and The Wild Silence (2020), and continues the story of her and her husband Moth, whose health crisis prompts another long-distance walk — this time roughly 1,000 miles from the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland to the South West Coast Path in England.

  • Has Landlines won any awards?

    Landlines was longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing in 2023. It also became a number one Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback.