{"product_id":"walking-wet-a-journey-along-englands-salt-path","title":"Walking Wet: A Journey Along England's Salt Path","description":"Walking Wet – A Journey Along England’s Salt Path\n\nAfter reading The Salt Path, Rick Rogers knew that one day he would walk England’s South West Coast Path.\nHe imagined quiet cliff-top strolls, sunny coves, and cream teas in seaside cafés. What he got was gales, rain, relentless hills, and the unpredictable company of his sister, recovering from a health scare, and his teenage son who had been hoping for a very different kind of summer.\nFrom Minehead in Somerset to the harbors of Cornwall, Walking Wet follows their 630-mile journey through stormy weather, soaring cliffs, and fishing villages that seem lost in time. The three begin together, but as the miles wear on the path tests more than just knees and ankles. It stirs up old family stories, new challenges, and moments of unexpected grace, even when the journey takes an unexpected turn.\nWritten with the same humor, warmth, and sharp observation as his award-winning Pacific Crest Trail memoir Walking Home, Rick’s account of the Southwest Coast Path blends laugh-out-loud mishaps with quiet reflections on why we walk and what we carry in our hearts.\nWhether you are drawn to tales of coastal adventure, family travel, or simply funny, human stories set against breathtaking landscapes, Walking Wet will take you there.\n\nFrom the book-\nThe path ahead over the old Tarka rail line was paved and dead level, and the monotony of its surface made my feet ache. But nervousness washed over me again and quickened my pace. Being out of touch with Matthew, who was just fourteen and alone in a foreign land, was a constant worry.\n\"He’s safer being lost here in England than he would be back home,\" I told myself again, but it didn’t alleviate any stress. The source of my anxiety wasn’t just where he was, but who he was. Matthew is the kind of kid that, if anyone posted a video of brain surgery on YouTube, would watch half of it and then cheerfully start in with it on one of his buds that he’d just talked into being his patient.\n“I got this,” he’d reassure them, revving a bone saw above their skull.\nIt had been several hours since I’d known definitively what he was up to, and by this time, he could have taken a stab at almost anything.\nThe path squeezed through a narrow strip between mudflats and grounded boats on my right and a traffic-laden highway on my left. A double-decker bus passed by, and I thought, \"Matt could be on that bus right now.\"\nI watched it go around the corner ahead, and nobody was surfing up on its roof. I grimaced, wondering how many other parents would have felt compelled to check.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0F2TNBYLX\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0F2TNBYLX.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rogers, Rick\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43787418632253,"sku":"BVV.B0F2TNBYLX.G","price":7.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0F2TNBYLX-0.jpg?v=1791586685","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/walking-wet-a-journey-along-englands-salt-path","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}