With my husband away for six weeks over my birthday, I purchased one ticket to see Raynor Winn and Gigspanner perform at the Carnglaze Caverns in St. Neot, Cornwall. Initially, I planned to drive my campervan the 120 miles there, stay overnight and drive home again, but the gnawing feeling of needing to walk there became too much to bear. After just two days of planning, I faced solo wild camping, biblical rain, thunderstorms, navigating Dartmoor, two river crossings and knee-deep bogs. I returned having learnt how to herd cows, regained my confidence, embraced a stack of new friends, gained a wedding invitation AND a hug from Raynor Winn after the most spectacular opening night performance of Saltlines. These nine days were profoundly wonderful, tough, and exhausting, but I’m BACK and feeling stronger than ever!