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The Warrior Walker
How I Found Resilience, Purpose and Meaning on Britain's Coastline
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In 2020, Paul Harris, aka The Warrior Walker, set off on a walking pilgrimage around the UK that would rebuild his life from rock bottom and change the way he saw the world forever. Weighed down by a traumatic military past, a brief but surreal moment...
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Memoir by former Royal Marine Paul Harris, aka 'The Warrior Walker', who turned his life around by walking the UK's coastal paths in their entirety - twice
Memoir by former Royal Marine Paul Harris, aka 'The Warrior Walker', who turned his life around by walking the UK's coastal paths in their entirety - twice
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In 2020, Paul Harris, aka The Warrior Walker, set off on a walking pilgrimage around the UK that would rebuild his life from rock bottom and change the way he saw the world forever.
Weighed down by a traumatic military past, a brief but surreal moment as a reality TV contestant, and a temporary teaching career in Thailand, Paul was forced home when a visa mix-up tipped his life over. Having surveyed the wreckage, where there was no real family to speak of, very few friends, and a collapsing, long-distance relationship to grieve, he seriously contemplated taking his own life at the age of 36. Then a random text from a friend delivered a route map to emotional safety during what were possibly his final few hours.
Paul, why don't you walk the British coast path?
With only £300 in his pocket and a 30-kilo rucksack on his back, Paul decided to leave his life as he knew it. He took up wild camping, slept rough, and struggled along the coast paths of Devon, Cornwall, and Wales in the sideways rain, wading through knee-high snowdrifts around the Scottish islands, and enduring the burning summer sun on England's east coast. Walking was therapy. Nature was restorative. The path was his friend.
The Warrior Walker is more than just one man's journey of self-discovery. Paul's story shines a light on the kindness of strangers, the coast path that gave him purpose, discovering family and true love, and how even wrong turns can lead you to exactly where you need to be. In a world where so much human interaction is cruel, divisive, and distant, this is an important reminder that there is light even in the darkest of moments.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781785128691
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: BLINK Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 161.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 488g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Paul Harris, AKA 'The Warrior Walker', is a former Royal Marine who turned his life around by walking the UK's coastal paths in their entirety. In doing a second lap, it's believed he is the first person to have walked around the map twice, covering 20,000 kilometres - a distance equivalent to trekking from London to Sydney. In doing so, he raised over £10,000 for MIND, Great North Air Ambulance, Samaritans and Doctors Without Borders. After completing his walk, Paul told the BBC: 'I basically cried my way around the UK on the first lap because people were putting me up and it was just like therapy. The kindness of strangers has changed my life. I thought, I can't really pay it forward because I haven't got any money, so I thought I'd raise money for charity.' He currently works in a pub in Plymouth. The path remains just outside his door.
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