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Wouter van Noort
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I should have been in bed, sleeping like the rest of the country, not on an ice-cold rock on a cliff top before the dawn of New Year's Day.
— Nov 04, 2025 09:06AM
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Wouter van Noort
is 78% done
I lifted Moth's rucksack as he put his arm through the strap, took a photograph of the starting post and a deep breath of hope.
There was no going back now. We left the river behind and headed into the sulphurous heart of the southern highlands of Iceland.
— Nov 07, 2025 07:01AM
There was no going back now. We left the river behind and headed into the sulphurous heart of the southern highlands of Iceland.
Wouter van Noort
is 67% done
The South West Coast Path had led us out of anguish and despair to a place of hope and possibility. And now, by walking it again on paper, The Salt Path had led us home.
— Nov 07, 2025 02:46AM
Wouter van Noort
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I felt Moth's hand in mine, the scent of blackberries in the air and the overwhelming sense that this moment is the only one we have, the only one we need.
— Nov 06, 2025 03:23PM
Wouter van Noort
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I shook the ink cartridge and put it back in the printer. Maybe there was enough ink. Taking a deep breath, I pressed print.
An hour later a manuscript lay on the table in front of me.
— Nov 06, 2025 08:44AM
An hour later a manuscript lay on the table in front of me.
Wouter van Noort
is 46% done
I opened the book again at the very start of the path. Minehead.
The faded pencil notes in the margin were barely legible after the rain damage. 'Day 1 - if the rest of the path is like this we don't stand a chance.'
— Nov 06, 2025 02:44AM
The faded pencil notes in the margin were barely legible after the rain damage. 'Day 1 - if the rest of the path is like this we don't stand a chance.'
Wouter van Noort
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Why had those words come out of my mouth? I'd carelessly spoken the words of a barely formulated thought. I'm thinking of writing: how could I have said those words out loud?
— Nov 05, 2025 03:09PM
Wouter van Noort
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I finally knew what had driven me to suggest that we should walk across cliffs and beaches, through woods and valleys, sleeping wild, living wild. It was the land, the earth, the deep humming background to my very being. It was the land.
— Nov 05, 2025 07:28AM
Wouter van Noort
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And yet as we walked along that incredible strip of wilderness, forgetting the existence of the normal world that lay to one side of the path, with our eyes always drawn to the endless horizon of the sea on the other, exhausted and starving, something had changed.
— Nov 05, 2025 03:15AM
Wouter van Noort
is 22% done
The South West Coast Path: From Minehead to South Haven Point, Paddy Dillon's beautiful guidebook to the 630-mile path. The book that had guided us. The friend in our pocket as we decided not to give in to the chaos of homelessness, but to put our rucksacks on our backs and walk the whole length of the path Paddy describes.
— Nov 04, 2025 04:41PM
