Chloe Hadjimatheou

But this is where my investigation starts.

I'm here to meet a woman who was a witness to the first chapter of the salt path as it really happened.

So, is this what it looked like when you were here?

No.

No, Sean's got it looking lovely.

Ros Hemmings is very connected to Pulchelli, the place where Raina Wynne and Moth were living at the beginning of the salt path.

It's a market town of just over 4,000 people.

Raising a family there meant a quaint country life by the sea, nestled in the shadows of Snowdonia National Park.

Ros and her husband Martin had two daughters who enjoyed the freedom there they wouldn't have had in a big city.

Ros has short, curly salt-and-pepper hair and a warm, humorous glint in her eye.

She looks like someone who enjoys life and spends most of her time in a pretty jolly mood.

In many ways, this story, or my telling of it at least, starts with Ros.

And with her friend.

I knew Tim Walker first.

I worked for the National Trust at a property they have on the Thune.

And he was the gardener there.

So Tim Walker's going to end up a key character in this story.

But back then, he was just some guy Ros happened to work with.

So he would come and tell me about some of the plants.

Tim was married to Sally, a shy woman with wild frizzy hair.