The Parallel Path with Jenn Ashworth

Name: The Parallel Path with Jenn Ashworth
Start: 2025-11-01T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-01T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Long Lane, Sedbergh

Schedule

Sat Nov 01 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Long Lane, Sedbergh | Kendal, EN

Join us for an evening with Jenn Ashworth discussing her book The Parallel Path.
Doors open at 6:30pm and the event starts at 7:00pm
Free hot drinks will be available on arrival.
There will be an opportunity to buy books and get them signed afterwards.
£5 entry fee is redeemable against the price of the book. Should you wish to reserve a book please email us [email protected]
About the book:
Burnt out and longing for an escape, Jenn Ashworth emerged from lockdown with a compulsive need to walk - and to walk away. Armed with little more than the knowledge imparted by a two-day orienteering course and a set of maps, she embarked on the most epic of English walks: Wainwright's Coast to Coast.
Guided not just by Wainwright's writing but also by daily letters from her friend Clive - facing an epic journey of his own - Jenn's pilgrimage soon becomes more than just walking: a chance to reconnect and excavate, to re-engage with the act of caring for others and for oneself. But the walk's tricky terrain is not the only thing standing in Jenn's way. As days go by, her balance begins to fail her and the act of putting one foot in front the other becomes a new exercise in caution. When a vicious heatwave forces her to pause her expedition and gives her an opportunity to investigate the new limitations of her body, Jenn is confronted with a life-altering diagnosis - and a new path of self-discovery.