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|title=Walking Home

|author=Simon Armitage

|publisher=Faber and Faber

|date=July 2012

|website=http://www.simonarmitage.com

|video=CJDX4IZlkGg

|summary=An engaging walk down the Pennine Way, told by a poet with a great command of the English language.

}}

Poet Simon Armitage decided in 2010 to walk the Pennine Way 'in reverse' - instead of heading to Scotland, he'd start just across the border and walk in the direction of his native Yorkshire. As if doing it this way, with the sun, wind and rain in his face wasn't hard enough, he also challenged himself to do it without a penny to his name, earning cash for the journey by giving poetry readings in pubs, village halls and living rooms. Could he make a 256-mile journey supported only by the kindness of strangers and his own willpower?