Chloe Hadjimatheou

Debbie carried on gardening as a profession and eventually started her own family.

And she really thought she'd moved on.

Do you remember when you first found out about the Salt Path book?

And this is where our stories intersect.

The walkers' small and provincial story about a local woman embezzling money from a small family business.

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.