Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025

On an assignment to walk the most famous pilgrimage in the world – the Camino de Santiago, in northern Spain – Phoebe Smith somehow lost her way.

Having spent a lifetime exploring unfamiliar places, she quit her dream job, ended her long-term relationship and headed home to North Wales to discover the point to… everything.

In her search for answers she found herself – quite by accident – walking some of Britain’s oldest pilgrim paths. And by following these old ways, she ended up confronting past traumas that she thought she had laid to rest.

‘Raw, honest, powerful. I couldn't put it down.’ - Cerys Matthews

'Moving, uplifting and utterly relatable.' - Kate Humble

'A candid, personal memoir.' - Financial Times