Five Hundred Mile Walkies: One Man and a Dog Versus the South-west Peninsular Path

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It is singularly unpleasant to be around (its owners break up and fight over who doesn't get to keep it), largely due to the fact that Boogie's one great talent in life is a hideous, nuclear-level flatulence and Wallington has to share a tent with it. Not exactly as Mark had planned, however: this time his companion was to be the delectable Jennifer - but she was held up at the office, and when Boogie was dropped off at the kennels the other dogs complained. It gets a bit boring to hear yet again how awful Boogie is but there is also something charming about the inner journey the author travels. It is the account of an (at first) inept young man walking the Southwest coastal path along with a singularly unattractive dog.

As 2023 comes to an end, Three Points of the Compass takes a glance at a handful of items of gear that accompanied me on trail. First they had to survive against all odds as they embarked on a heroic journey up hill and down dale, with rucksacks full of Kennomeat, along Britain's longest coastal footpath - from Somerset to Devon, from Cornwall to Dorset. The path goes along Devon and Cornwall's rugged north coasts and their less rugged south coasts as well as Dorset’s chalk cliffs. In 500 MILE WALKIES Mark and Boogie tackle Britains longest coastal footpath - from Somerset to Devon, from Cornwall to Dorset.

This book was fab because of the humour and for Mark's honesty about the people he met along the way and the things he encountered. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Boogie - flatulent, streetwise yet still lovable; Mark Wallington -the natural successor to Jerome K Jerome. I would have liked a bit more about Boogie and his misadventures, but all in all, it was a good read.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I laughed out loud, perhaps because I've walked a long distance trail, or perhaps because I walk with a dog, or perhaps, this fella just has a humorous way of seeing things.

The dog is question is small and disreputable and wedded to city life - think Discworld's Gaspode but without the brains. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. His descriptions of Boogie made me laugh, especially when everyone kept patting him on the head, and commenting on his appearance. Not only does Mark Wallington's writing just reflect the mentality of every dog owner he gives such a rich characterisation to Boogie the dog that makes him just as relateable.