We didn’t want to walk the length from one end to the other, but rather to swoop in and ‘surprise’ bits of the trail combining walking with enjoyable over-nighting and interesting visits. We opted to walk just one or two days in selected weekends when our diaries allowed.
Brian did our research, searching out places to stay and off-trail visits to make. Kendal is our photographer and navigator: the one who got into trouble when we (rarely) got lost. Ann is the diarist and keeper of our walk record. It was she who first became involved in the social history of the areas through which the trail passes.
We all contributed pencil and computer graphic sketches but the best ones are Kendal’s.
The Great North Walk Companion is a true record of our walks, slightly disguised. We wrote it as a puzzle – discovery of the slowly revealed identity of ‘Companion”. This allowed us to tell our story through other people’s eyes while still accurately portraying the bush trails we walked and the local history and geography we discovered.
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