Retirement Blues Goodbye! Along
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Path
Richard Cowley
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After a career which took him
worldwide, Richard Cowley was looking forward to settling into retirement and
having time to paint and pursue his many interests. Instead, he found himself
in the doldrums - until he hatched a plan with an Aussie friend to walk
Wainwright’s coast to coast footpath from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay.
‘Could two neo-pensioners
survive the trail and arrive at the other end with heart valves intact? he ponders?
I particularly enjoyed his
descriptions of some of the more eccentric characters they met along the trail,
especially the ‘Mad Hatter’ owner of the B&B at Danby Wiske. The paying
guests’ shower was out of order so the author was using the landlord’s ensuite.
He was greeted in the morning by a dismayed landlord - ‘you’re not having another shower are you?
‘There was no such thing as a full English Breakfast – guests had to choose
elements of it – and tea was dispensed in trickles as if it was ‘the elixir of
life.’
Each chapter was a complete
section of the walk, with some entertaining nuggets about the place, and
thoughts and musings along the way. The freedom of letting go of possessions
and dull routines really kickstarted some big changes ‘from now on I’d engage
with the mainstream of life, not merely as a pensioned off bystander...’
An enjoyable, amusing and
inspiring read.
Pam
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