She Won't Get Far, Her Bag's Too Heavy

by Stamp, Marie

• ISBN13: 9781466219410
• ISBN10: 1466219416
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-10
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

SHE WON'T GET FAR HER BAG'S TOO HEAVYAuthor Marie StampA story about a woman and her dog starting out on a walk on the South West Coast Pathin 2010 with the intention of walking from Minehead to Land's End. Her dog carrying his ownbaggage and she carrying a huge rucksack full of things that give her self sufficiency. Sportingshin splints, she stumbles and sweats her way along, making cock-ups and dropping clangers,walking in circles and getting totally knackered. They survive hypothermia and ford streams thathave turned into raging rivers after flash flooding. When one man she meets tells her that not manywomen have backpacked on their own with a dog and walked all of the 630 mile coast path in onego, she is determined when she reaches Land's End, to keep going and the nearer she gets to theend at Poole, the more determined and ambitious she becomes to selfishly finish the whole path.Along the way she tells tales from her youth, like the time she fell down a road side drain ona first and last date with a boy with a carrot red hair and bad acne, and the shoplifting dog she hadwhen she was 12 years old that stole dog food so she could buy cigarettes instead, and other scamsshe had to fuel her fag habit. She also tells of her adventures while climbing the Matterhorn andMont Blanc and other long distance walks she has had the privilege to walk.She somehow manages to finish the South West Coast Path after wearing out two pairs ofboots and one dog.