Walking Home
Linda Cracknell looks to the future, as she walks the pilgrimage route of St Cuthbert's Way. Concluded by Teresa Gallagher
A beautiful, fascinating and moving memoir where the author retraces walks undertaken by others, from the Highlands of Scotland to the Swiss Alps and Kenya.
In 1952 Linda Cracknell’s father embarked on a hike through the Swiss Alps. Fifty years later Linda retraces that fateful journey, following the trail of the man she barely knew. This collection of walking tales takes its theme from that pilgrimage. The walks trace the contours of history, following writers, relations and retreading ways across mountains, valleys and coasts formerly trodden by drovers, saints and adventurers. Each walk is about the reaffirming of memories, beliefs and emotions, and especially of the connection that one can have with the past through particular places.
Part Five: Walking Home
Linda Cracknell looks to the future as she walks the pilgrimage route of St Cuthbert's Way between Scotland and England and as she follows her own footsteps around her home town of Aberfeldy in Perthshire.
Reader ..... Teresa Gallagher
Writer ..... Linda Cracknell
Abridger ..... Siân Preece
Producer ..... Gaynor Macfarlane
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Teresa Gallagher |
| Author | Linda Cracknell |
| Abridger | Sian Preece |
| Producer | Gaynor Macfarlane |
Broadcasts
Fri 30 May 201409:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Sat 31 May 201400:30BBC Radio 4
- Fri 4 Jan 201914:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 5 Jan 201902:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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