by South West Coast Path
630 Miles - An Audio Journey is a monthly podcast by the South West Coast Path Association that has been created as part of their 50th-anniversary celebrations. Rachel Hadley-Leonard, a 2022 South West Coast Path completer and fundraiser is hosting 630 Miles. Each month listen to interviews with the amazing people that help to make the South West Coast Path one of the world's great Trails.
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September 30, 2024
<p>We are delighted to share our final podcast in our series that was created in 2023 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the South West Coast Path.</p> <p>In this episode our podcast host, Rachel Hadley-Leonard chats with Bob Mark, a trustee at the Association, and previous Chair, about the fascinating history and heritage that can be discovered along the Path, and some of the incredible events that have helped shape its very existence. </p> <p>Tune in and discover the smuggling origins of our coast path. </p> <p>If you're interested in discovering more, Bob Mark has also written a series of history blogs that you can read on our blogsite <a href="https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk</a></p>
December 17, 2023
<p>Celebrated author, Raynor Winn, joins Rachel to talk about the upcoming screen adaptation of her Sunday Times best-seller, <em>The Salt Path</em>, and the evocative and beautiful collaboration with The Gigpsanner Big Band that has created 'Saltlines', a project that combines prose and folk music with a focus on the coastline of the south west.</p> <p><strong>About Raynor Winn</strong></p> <p>Since travelling the South West Coast Path, Raynor Winn has become a regular long-distance walker and writes about nature, homelessness and the health benefits of walking. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of <em>The Salt Path</em>, <em>The Wild Silence</em> and <em>Landlines</em>. She won the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize in 2019 and has been shortlisted for numerous other awards including the Costa, the Wainwright and the Stanfords Travel Writing awards. Raynor is also a prolific speaker. </p> <p>Her latest title, LANDLINES, was a <strong>number 1 Sunday Times bestseller</strong> in both hardback and paperback. The film adaptation of the 85-week Sunday Times Bestseller, THE SALT PATH, will be released in 2024 and stars Gillian Anderson as Raynor and Jason Isaacs as Moth.</p> <p>In 2022 Raynor collaborated with folk-roots supergroup The Gigspanner Big Band to create Saltlines, a prose and music collaboration. Thought-provoking compositions by Raynor were written with songs and tunes curated from collections by Cecil Sharp and Sabine Baring-Gould, and the archive held at Cecil Sharp House, home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. The show enjoyed a debut tour in 2022 around the South West Coast Path, and expanded its reach during 2023 with a tour of the North. </p> <p>Raynor is also a much valued Ambassador at the Association.</p>
December 16, 2023
<p><em>"discovering the south west coast path was like finding a gateway to another world"</em></p> <p>Critically acclaimed author, Katherine May, joins Rachel to chat about her journey along the South West Coast Path and the healing power of the path. Katherine is one of the charity's ambassadors and has walked the South West Coast Path for a number of years.</p> <p>Chatting through her transformative time on the Path, Katherine also talks about winter and suggests tools we can all use to help us through the darker months.</p> <p><strong>About Katherine May</strong></p> <p>Katherine May is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.faber.co.uk%2fproduct%2f9780571378333-enchantment%2f&c=E,1,V8eLnw3Wl9mjUx-UaoXA5wfXXi-DOpux8-KK39nSKq7s72N36lCJMWsFS8UMKzlJmGM7_eZbM8F-1J4AVZOL5MrtplliNWb4L8rFEfA7OmmL&typo=1"><em>Enchantment</em></a> became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally bestselling hybrid memoir <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fkatherine-may.co.uk%2fwintering&c=E,1,Y0LyHRYPM6Oc7hI0c7j1JxAEdjsX15Jshp6ic6IEE3GE4C3Ixw8iB1jzfoC-lg0IpY3OgmFS2WWKV3CI8-efkntZabPhJfisz9LhrK3aPg,,&typo=1" target="_blank"><em>Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times</em></a> was adapted as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and was shortlisted for the Porchlight and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year.<em> </em><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fkatherine-may.co.uk%2fthe-electricity-of-every-living-thing&c=E,1,AcTt0Nx40Crpz0Eye894hkzblKskmRx32rO6_fFzsAdcDMqEJBiVJtGJ1qIrccEwJiuvxpTY4c_wH7PatZVoRwfgui2dMx6Q_QhjWu4WF_oHQtuB9-V-&typo=1" target="_blank"><em>The Electricity of Every Living Thing</em></a>, her memoir of a midlife autism diagnosis was adapted as an audio drama by Audible. </p> <p>Katherine’s podcast, <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fkatherine-may.co.uk%2fpodcast&c=E,1,NMkPJEzZeHzRIpoq3c-Z4LoshBR-_2eQTDYf9pCsryuf12IchhUpdt-8fdbUkcx0CkjQAm6Dlray40v799_5VcGQoizxEiJQ0O0TBWB69rFEns4di4exgUU,&typo=1" target="_blank"><em>How We Live Now</em></a>, ranks in the top 1% worldwide, and she has been a guest presenter for On Being’s <em>The Future of Hope</em> series. </p> <p>Katherine lives with her husband, son, two cats and a dog. She loves walking, sea-swimming and pickling slightly unappealing things. </p>
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