Thread 6: To feel disappointed after reading this in The Observer about the author and her husband from The Salt Path book and film?

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The Observer The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...

Second article in the Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-salt-path-whats-in-the-book-and-what-the-observer-has-found

Third item in the Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-salt-path-the-truth-behind-the-blockbuster-book-video

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Raynor Winn/Sally Walker's statement Raynor Winn

NB Please be careful when it comes to naming or implicating people who aren't in the public eye or have no connection to the story, especially where details are unclear or still emerging i.e. DON'T DO IT.

Keep on the path. No saltiness. Thank you.

New posters welcome. It would be helpful to read at least the three Observer articles before posting.

Brilliant @WynkenDeWorde 😂

Yes this is crucial. As well as other posts pointing out the support for charities.

Not surprising I suppose as she doesn’t seem to think laws or rules apply to her

She's a free spirit guided by nature, innit?

Seasoned with a generous pinch of Cornish sea salt.

Isn’t it the equivalent of wondering out loud/musing/speculating? Not unusual on a chat forum!

Surprised they're not living at Glastonbury yet.

Paul was never on MasterChef. Think you're confusing it with Great British Bake Off.

MasterChef may well be pulled. For obvious reasons given the allegations surrounding the presenter.

This is the botany link
"Tim came to the garden ten years ago. He was living in Staffordshire with his wife Sally and their two young children xxx and xxx and working for the family business as a master plasterer, but had a degree in botany. Law clerk Sally was originally from Gwynedd."
7 Sep 2004
https://archive.ph/6KXzq
Edited to remove names, although they're in the public domain now.

Wasn't Timoth taken ill there during some kind of meditation with angels?

Another book? Gallivants at Glastonbury.

Thank you. I think she is originally from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire?

But it's not a question anyone can answer. Muse about the writing style, speculate about the future with satire in mind.

There is a well regarded botanist at Oxford called Timothy walker who is a similar age to moth

seems like it’s a very common name tbh

Maybe the journalist made a mistake 😏

Moth being Paul Hollywood like - yes. ‘Stretched out’ lol - yes. Maybe Paul H meets Martin Kemp. I think Raynor has pedestalised him from the start. With his good looks & RAF coat he had her from the mars bar dipped into tea. Agree too on her parents possibly being concerned not just because he wasn’t a farmer.

I thought she had life long links to Llyn peninsula.

Just noticed the actual email to the Big Issue which started it off

Hi Big Issue. I became homeless in 2013, evicted along with my partner of 30
years in the same week he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. As with anyone finding themselves homeless we were faced with many decisions, but after being told by the local authority that we weren't entitled to priority housing as my husband wasn't ill enough, we made a choice. With nowhere to stay, we packed our rucksacks and lived wild on the South West Coast Path, walking
the whole 630 miles.
In doing so we encountered every form of prejudice and help. But more than that we met many other homeless people, whose
numbers contradict all the official figures. I would like the opportunity to write an article for your magazine, based on the experiences.
Look forward to hearing from you. Regards,
Raynor Winn

I am a wee bit uncomfortable with the speculation about Moth's health.

Unless there is proof that it is completely made up, I am inclined to believe he has some sort of condition, whether it is CBS or not/ whether he had a terminal diagnosis or not.

It's not good etiquette to censor what type of rhetorical questions people have.

Thinking about those questions and possible answers provide an interesting creative thought experiment that can lead to new ways of looking at things, new perspectives and in turn, new discoveries.

Me too, but I am more uncomfortable about the lie about being dead by Christmas & how upsetting that was for a man helping out & his terminally ill wife

Wow

I thought she had life long links to Llyn peninsula.

Went on holiday there a few times when she was a child, perhaps.

(I once had a holiday in Abersoch. I think it was the last time my parents and siblings and I all holidayed together.)

I don’t think there’s any suggestion his wife is terminally ill?

It's far more upsetting for genuine sufferers of CBS to likely be told 'you can be cured by a long walk, just read this book...'

I'm not sure what type of chronic, severe physical health condition enables you to walk thousands of miles and run a marathon. I wouldn't mind that much fitness and energy myself.