Book Review- The Farthest Shore
Following the journey of a man pained by grief and riddled with anxiety it opens your eyes to the isolation of northern Scotland and how nature can heal any ills. As a lover of nature and a sufferer of anxiety I am more than aware of what The Great Outdoors can do for us when we’re at our most vunerable.
The author set out to unburden himself from the internet and it’s chains but learns more about human connections and the importance of solitude with a need for community when required. We can all become far too attached to our electronic devices and Alex Roddie’s solo adventure really opened my mind to what good can happen when we’re not glued to our social media accounts.
The journey he takes transports the reader into the wilds of Northern Scotland along the rough and sometimes almost impassable Cape Wrath trail. The trail is a mixture of footpaths and wild terrain with rivers to ford and mountains to climb. With a mixture of camping and bothy stays you get a strong feeling of really how remote he was. You become an accompaning hiker on his trip through the pages and live the good and bad times with him. Through tent failures, limited contact with family and strange encounters with strangers he certainly is tested but what is soothing is the way he connects with others on the trail and how they help each other.
A fantastic insight to a modern explorer and adventurer which will have you looking at your maps and seeing if the great outdoors can fix you too.
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