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The Slow Newscast

The real Salt Path

The Slow Newscast

Alice Sandelson

Documentary, Investigations, Journalism, News, American, News Commentary, Usa, Society & Culture, International, British Politics, Us, Uk

4.6894 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. But the truth behind the hit memoir is very different.


Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou

Producer: Matt Russell

Field Producers: Leonie Thomas and Helen Clifton

Artwork: Lola Williams

Sound design: Tom Burchell

Editor: Jasper Corbett


Original article

The News Meeting


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0:00.0

There's a lot we're told about bladder leaks.

0:02.5

We're told of it is something to be ashamed of,

0:04.8

that it means that you have to stop doing the things that you love.

0:07.3

But it means weakness. Really?

0:10.6

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0:13.3

to make living life within continents so much easier.

0:16.7

And they give you Tenna triple protection against odour, leaks and moisture.

0:20.9

It's time to rethink bladder leaks.

0:22.8

Visit tena.com.ukuk forward slash women.

0:25.5

Always seek medical advice from your GP or a pelvic health specialist. The Observer.

0:40.3

I'd been living in this place in Wales that I've bought with my husband, Moth.

0:57.0

This is a story about a story.

1:01.0

It was our dream home, a place we thought about for probably a decade

1:05.9

before we actually bought it.

1:12.4

Rainer Wynne has told this tale countless times.

1:16.8

But then sadly, in the background of those 20 years, we'd had this financial dispute with

1:22.5

a lifetime friend that ended in a court case that saw us being served with an eviction notice from that

1:28.9

place, that place that we'd put a heart and soul into, that had been so central to our lives.

1:36.4

It's her origin story, the true story of how it all began.

1:42.0

In one week that changed our lives utterly and indelibly forever,

1:46.6

where we lost the home, the place we lived for 20 years,

1:50.1

that we absolutely loved and adored and put everything into.

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