[above] A winter sunrise in Suffolk
AT THE BEGINNING of October 2022, I set out to hike the edge of Great Britain alone. On my way, people often asked me: do I get lonely, and how do I cope with that? They often told me they dreamed of going on a big walk themselves but were afraid of being alone.
The idea to walk the mainland coast came after hiking around Anglesey years earlier. Looking on Google Maps for other long walks, I zoomed out and out and out from Anglesey until it was dwarfed by the mainland. I grew up on the mainland yet knew nothing about its coastline, and what better way to experience it as I had done Anglesey – in one continuous effort on foot.