One summer, Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way - a challenging 256-m
ile route usually approached from south to north, with the sun, wind and rain at
your back. However, he resolved to tackle it back to front, walking home toward
s the Yorkshire village where he was born, travelling as a 'modern troubadour',
without a penny in his pockets and singing for his supper with poetry readings i
n village halls, churches, pubs and living rooms. Walking Home describes his ext
raordinary, yet ordinary, journey of human endeavour, unexpected kindnesses and
terrible blisters.
