Five Hundred Mile Walkies: One Man and a Dog Versus the South-west Peninsular Path

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This wouldn't make much of a traveller's guide but, what he does do and say is easy-going, well phrased and gently amusing. I’m currently doing a virtual walk along the South West Coast Path (I’ve just walked around the Lizard peninsular) and so have revisited The Salt Path, and read this as being topical to my virtual walk. Although no great heights are reached, there is constant downhill and uphill along steep clifftop paths which frequently descend down to sea level.

Three Points of the Compass dives into the history of a post box originally destined for overseas but instead found its way on to British streets. Boogie - flatulent, streetwise yet still lovable; Mark Wallington -the natural successor to Jerome K Jerome. This book was fab because of the humour and for Mark's honesty about the people he met along the way and the things he encountered. One was a new purchase while another has rarely been outside any gear list I have compiled over the past decade. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

First they had to survive against all odds as they embarked on a heroic journey up hill and down dale, with rucksacks full of Kennomeat, along Britain's longest coastal footpath - from Somerset to Devon, from Cornwall to Dorset. It is now measured at 630 miles, though on this latest re-read, having now started to walk the Path myself, I notice much more how many buses, cars and other short-cuts he takes. Three decades later, I'm chortling over this book at a second-hand book stall and the nice lady in charge lets me have it for free.

Mile Walkies, Mark Wallington, First published by Hutchinson 1986, my edition published by Arrow 1987.Mile Walkies' tells of how the author decided to walk from Minehead to Poole, following the coast line through Devon, Cornwell and Dorset. I read it on recommendation because I was - am - thinking of walking the same coastal foot path, although not with with a dog and not in one go like Mr Wallington. In the second story, the author and Boogie take a rowing boat along the Thames, from London to its source in the wilds of Wilts/Glos - also an enjoyable light read only slightly marred by the introduction of a repellent love interest! Boogie up the River' is about travelling the length of the Thames, from London up-river to its source.

This is a nice restful, mildly amusing story of a man and a dog trekking along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. I have walked sections of the coast path myself and can vouch that it is spectacular with constantly changing seascapes and countryside, and challenging if you do more than a few miles of it. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. It’s more about mark than boogie , that’s the only disappointing part about this book, I would like to have got my idea of the character of the dog. I have found it an amusing read thanks to mark’s way of telling his adventure from Cornwall up to the Thames .This book inspired Radnor Winn to walk the South West Coast Path and her subsequent book, The Salt Path, transformed her life. His descriptions of Boogie made me laugh, especially when everyone kept patting him on the head, and commenting on his appearance. In 500 MILE WALKIES Mark and Boogie tackle Britains longest coastal footpath - from Somerset to Devon, from Cornwall to Dorset. I really enjoyed this book I didn't realise you had 12 layers of skin on your nose I bet that was really sore.