A woman who travelled across the South West Coastal Path with her terminally ill husband has said a film depicting their journey took her "right back" to those difficult moments.
Raynor Winn, a writer who grew up on a farm in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, said a financial dispute meant she had lost her dream home in Wales in 2013 just days after her husband Moth was diagnosed with corticobasal degeneration, a rare brain disease.
With nothing to lose, the couple set off on a 630-mile trek from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall.
Their journey across England's largest uninterrupted path has now been made into a film – The Salt Path – featuring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.
"As we were preparing to leave the house, and the bailiffs were knocking at the door, we were hiding under the stairs. We were not ready to go," Mrs Winn said.
"It was in those last moments that I saw a book about someone who had walked the coastal path with their dog.
"In that desperate time, it just seemed like the most obvious thing to do. All we wanted to do was pack our bags and take a walk."
