The Salt Path, more specifically its author, Raynor Winn, has been under the microscope after claims that it was not all accurate.

The book tells the story of how she and her husband, Moth, walked the South West Coast Path after losing their home.

It was later turned into a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

Winn has recently described enduring some of the “hardest days” of her life, after claims that parts of it were fabricated.

The Salt Path is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book written by Raynor Winn.

It tells the story of the long-distance walk she and her husband Moth took along the South West Coast Path, in South West England.

The pair had lost their home and Moth was reportedly diagnosed with fatal corticobasal degeneration (CBD).

Throughout the story, the couple is almost penniless, receiving little money in tax credits each week and camping each night.

The story ends on the last day, after walking the whole path in two sections, in two successive summers, when the couple meets a stranger who offers them the tenancy of a flat.

In 2023, a film adaptation began production, with Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in the lead roles.

It premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the UK in May 2025.

An investigation by The Observer........

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