Ten years ago, Blue Wilson moved back to Selby, the North Yorkshire town she'd promised herself she'd never return to. She had left the London art world behind, she was in debt, and she was lonely in a way she couldn't shake. Her way back started with daily six-mile loops around home, then a solo 15-mile walk out of Malham one dismal January. After that came a library guidebook, three long-distance trails, and eventually a plan to walk the entire UK coastline. That means every island and every river walked up to its nearest crossing, with no ferries unless there's no other way across.
Six years in, Blue has walked 4,652 miles over more than 270 days. She's done it all on annual leave and weekends while working full-time and caring for her mum through Alzheimer's. In this episode we talk about losing the thing you thought defined you, and finding out you never really stopped being an artist.
Content note: this episode touches on depression, loneliness and Alzheimer's.
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