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

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Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Boogie up the River' is about travelling the length of the Thames, from London up-river to its source. 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. It is said if you do the entire path, the total height climbed is four times the height of Everest, yet it is very accessible and there are plenty of characterful pubs close to the path at which to enjoy a well earned meal and a drink. This is a nice restful, mildly amusing story of a man and a dog trekking along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall.

He's supposed to be accompnnied by Jennifer, his on-off girlfriend, but when she fails to turn up, he takes his dog, Boogie - well, more that he can't find anywhere to have him for the duration. 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.

But the difference between this trip and any other I've been on is that although I know I did learn a lot about myself, now I'm back I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Along comes Boogie, his mate's dog, who is used to London, is 100% Mongrol and prefers concrete to grass. 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.

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.One was a new purchase while another has rarely been outside any gear list I have compiled over the past decade. If choosing an alcohol brew kit for day walks, Three Points of the Compass is usually carrying a Toaks burner. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.It is singularly unpleasant to be around (its owners break up and fight over who doesn't get to keep it), largely due to the fact that Boogie's one great talent in life is a hideous, nuclear-level flatulence and Wallington has to share a tent with it. Three Points of the Compass sets out on a winter wander from London to Birmingham along the Grand Union Canal. Not only does Mark Wallington's writing just reflect the mentality of every dog owner he gives such a rich characterisation to Boogie the dog that makes him just as relateable. The first story is a light-hearted travel tale of the author's walk round the Devon/Cornwall coastline, with an introduction to the inimitable Boogie, both right up my street. It is no ‘how to’ guide and you will gain little, if any, insight into what is now part of the South West Coast Path.