Chloe Hadjimatheou

Nothing like the true story Raina Wynne has told in The Salt Path about a couple beset by terrible bad luck.

Sounds totally different.

But this is what really happened.

Because, in case you hadn't already worked it out, Sally and Tim Walker are Rainer and Moth.

This is how the real story of the salt path begins.

And in this version, a version backed by legal documents and by so many witnesses, Rainer and Moth are not victims at all.

The mess is of their own making.

Rawes says the saving grace has been that Martin never had to suffer the humiliation of seeing the Walkers use the story to profit from their embezzlement.

How do you square it all with the Sally and Tim that you knew when you were young?

As for the Walkers, or the Winds as they're now known, this was the start of a whole new chapter.

By the time they reappear in Roz Hemming's life in 2018 with the publication of The Salt Path, the tale they tell is even more jaw-dropping than Roz could ever have imagined.

And at this point, I can't help wondering if their origin stories are lie, then what about the extraordinary walk, 630 miles undertaken in desperation and destitution, Moth dragging himself along horribly ill and with a death sentence hanging over him?

What in this true story about a walk is really true?

Coming up in episode two.

All I wanted from that was an apology for the family.

Rainer Wynne responded to the Observer's investigation with the following statement.

The salt path lays bare the physical and spiritual journey Moth and I shared, an experience that transformed us completely and altered the course of our lives.

This is the true story of our journey.

On her website, Rainer goes on to say, I worked for Martin Hemmings in the years before the economic crash of 2008.

For me, it was a pressured time.