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Thread 26 : To feel disappointed - and disgusted and vindicated now too - after reading this in The Observer about the author and her husband from The Salt Path book and film?

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DisappointedReader · 21/03/2026 21:18

NO POSTS PLEASE UNTIL THREAD 25 IS FULL

Please see the OP of Thread 25 for all the links to The Observer's reporting and podcast series, our threads one to 24 and so on.

After 25,000 posts there are still new things to discuss:
BBC Sounds - Secrets of the Salt Path - Available Episodes
If you are posting about a podcast, please start your post with the episode number you are commenting on, for clarity and to help others avoid spoilers if they wish to do so.

New posters joining us in the genuine spirit of our civil discourse are welcome. It would be helpful to get the background from at least some of the Observer exposé items before posting. The Observer's excellent podcast series The Walkers (link in Thread 25) covers most things.
To all - Please be extremely cautious when it comes to naming or implicating people and addresses not in the public eye or with no direct connection to the story, especially where details are unclear or still emerging. Remember, even Hollywood rabbits attract the odd flea: please do not engage with drive-by scolders who seem to have their own agenda and seek to derail. Avoid @'ing and quoting them as - from experience - this will only encourage them back to the threads. For over 8 months we have done amazingly well together for 25 very interesting, very serious and very silly threads so far. I can't be here as much as I'd like so all help with keeping our discussion walking along in our usual reasonable and respectful fashion is very welcome.

As ever, as we embark on our 26th thread riding the community charabanc, keep to the path, no saltiness, eat fudge and drink cider.

NO POSTS PLEASE UNTIL THREAD 25 IS FULL: www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5485730-thread-25-to-feel-disappointed-and-disgusted-and-vindicated-now-too-after-reading-this-in-the-observer-about-the-author-and-her-husband-from-the-salt-path-book-and-film?

BBC Sounds - Secrets of the Salt Path - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Secrets of the Salt Path on BBC Sounds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0n5p4w5

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HatStickBoots · Yesterday 19:52

She probably hired those people and that’s why she had the comments on. I’d say in return to the “rude, sad, bully no life” comments that yes, I am sad and will continue to be so all the time that woman succeeds in manipulating and coercing innocent, vulnerable people. However it is not rude to point out the truth and on the contrary I think it’s rather rude that anybody who is looking out for the best interests of the people she has blatantly lied to and conned out of their hard earned money, is accused of being a bully? How does that make sense?

RockyPath · Yesterday 20:09

Yes, that's a very good point about leaving the comments on for the first time because she knows she'll get lots of positives. It's all planned. The grift continues.

YourMoneyforFrothingandYourChipsforFree · Yesterday 22:07

RockyPath · Yesterday 18:09

A good comment from someone asking if the boot lacing is a visual metaphor for being back to stringing people along. 😁

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YourMoneyforFrothingandYourChipsforFree · Yesterday 22:21

RockyPath · Yesterday 20:09

Yes, that's a very good point about leaving the comments on for the first time because she knows she'll get lots of positives. It's all planned. The grift continues.

Having a look just now, the wording of many of the early comments suggest this was orchestrated. In the sense that the troops were rallied in advance to put out positive vibes. Another tell tale is Alice's comment too. Add to this, the very recent DM article. It all reeks of a veiled PR response to me.

MulberryBrandy · Yesterday 22:50

Yet another grifter -
Wouldn’t life be easier without a conscience? Imagine the freedom. No guilt. No anxiety. No responsibilities deeply felt, no investment in what society thinks of you, no constraints on your behaviour …

Scamanda review – the weird tale of a cancer faker who cheated her community out of thousands | Television | The Guardian

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