Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness

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Hardback Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness

Author: Lewis, Christian

Publication year: 2023

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Media Hardback

Classification: 941.086

Publisher: Macmillan, 2023

Resource type: Physical

ISBN: 1035006790 9781035006793

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`Now I was finally out of the force of the wind, my body began to warm - the part where the real pain sets in. I'd felt it plenty of times before on this journey, but this time it was different. As I began to regain feeling in my fingers and toes, it burned so strongly that I just sat in tears of pain. 'Christian Lewis had hit rock bottom, suffering with depression so severe he would shut himself in his bedroom for weeks. Then, in August 2017, while surfing - his only respite - he cast his eyes along the coastline and realised it was the only place he really wanted to be. Making an impulsive decision to set himself a challenge - walk the entire coastline of the UK - he gave himself a few days to rustle up a tent and walking boots, then left for good with just a tenner in his pocket and two days' worth of food. Little did he know at the time just how long it would take to cross the finish line - and the encounters that lay ahead that would turn his life around.