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Raynor Winn
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Raynor Winn is an English writer and long-distance walker known for The Salt Path, a semi-autobiographical memoir and travel diary.
Biography
Raynor Winn, born Sally Ann Winn in 1962 and also known as Sally Walker, is an English writer and long-distance walker. Her book The Salt Path combines semi-autobiographical memoir with a travel diary. It was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2018, and a film adaptation was released in the United Kingdom in May 2025.
The book describes a walk with her husband, Moth, along England’s South West Coast Path following the loss of their home and his reported serious illness. In July 2025, The Observer published a report challenging the circumstances surrounding their eviction from their North Wales home and his reported terminal diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration.
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Books by Raynor Winn
Het zoutpad
Het zoutpad (The Salt Path) recounts Raynor and Moth’s decision to walk the thousand-kilometre South West Coast Path after, according to the book’s description, losing their home through a speculation scandal and learning of Moth’s serious illness. Their journey along England’s southern coast becomes a voyage of discovery shaped by encounters and difficulties.