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The Sea on Our Left: Couple's Ten Month Walk Around Britain's Coastline (Paperback)

by Shally Hunt (Author)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers; New edition edition (15 Aug 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1840241055
ISBN-13: 978-1840241051
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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An account of the blisters, stomach cramps, midges and tent life experienced by a 52 year-old husband and wife team who walked for ten months, taking in 4300 miles around the coastline of Britain.

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This tale of a couple's hike around the coast of Britain is inspirational to us all. The journey is tough; physically and emotionally demanding - but Shally and Richard Hunt are a team that is indestructible. Shally describes the land (and town) scapes with gentle compassion, and throughout, the narrative is interspersed with nuggets of local history. An illuminating and compelling read.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Take a hike..., 31 May 2009

By	G. E. Harrison (Cheltenham) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

To walk the 4,000 odd miles around the coast of Britain is an amazing achievement, however, I thought that this book didn't really give me a real insight into that experience. I felt that the book was badly written in that I didn't get a sense of any, of the many, places they passed through -I've walked large sections of the South West Coast Path and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path but recognised little from the book. Perhaps this was because although Shally wrote the book the trip was planned and organised by her husband Richard. She notes that she grew up in Liverpool but she describes the city in just two pages without really commenting on what it felt like to return. Also I didn't get a sense of their daily routines and there was no explanation of the practical differences involved in the transition between the camping and the B&B sections of the trip. She was also always mentioning things and then not following up on them, for example she notes that when in Lancashire they bought some Eccles cakes because her husband had never had one but then neglects to tell us what what he thought of them.

I did think that the writing style improved as the book progressed and the one place I could really identify with was their diversion to the Orkneys and Westray. I quite liked her moaning about her husband - which seemed totally justified - although I would have liked to have seen her confronting him with his bad behaviour and then reaching some kind of agreement.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a 'feel good' book, 22 Oct 2005

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This book had a lot of promise... I love books like this... 'Broke through Britain' and 'Two Feet Four Paws' are a much better bet... 'The Sea on Our Left' however didn't work at all... "We decided to walk the coastline of Britain... Except for the bits where we caught a train" The charity aspect was only added at the last minute in contrast to Spud's walk in Two Feet Four Paws. In short the I found the tone of this book depressing... The arguments, the tantrums and the misery left me cold... Buy 'Two Feet Four Paws' instead and read about somebody who really does give a damn, who wasn't walking as a jolly and who didn't have an endless supply of Rotarians to stay with...
There... I feel better for that... Rant over!

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4.0 out of 5 stars an inspiring journey around the coastline of Britain, 24 Nov 1999

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From the moment the idea was conceived in the first lines of the book, to the first sight of the WELCOME HOME banner, I followed every step of the journey with Shally Hunt and her husband Richard, wishing the whole time that I too had the courage and the willpower to accomplish such a monumentous voyage (on foot and not just on paper). Full of humourous and astute observations of the people they meet and the places they visit, it makes you wonder why we are always so keen to go abroard when there is so much to experience right here.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A painful book
Why the hell did Shally Hunt bother to walk the coast of Britain?
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2.0 out of 5 stars An exhausting and painful read!
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