MJ Outdoor Adventures Book Club

Pages & Pathways

A book club for those who love the outdoors, adventure, nature and a good story.

Pages & Pathways is our relaxed book club where we come together every two months to read a book inspired by the outdoors, adventure, nature, travel or simply the wild places that make us want to get outside.

There’s no pressure to be a literary expert, and no expectation that you’ll have anything profound to say! Whether you’re a lifelong reader, someone who listens to books on audio, or you’re simply looking for a reason to pick up a book again, you’re very welcome.

📖 Our current book: The Salt Path

Our first book for Pages & Pathways has been The Salt Path by Raynor Winn.

After Raynor’s husband, Moth, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and the couple lose their home and livelihood, they make an unexpected decision: to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path with little more than their rucksacks and each other.

What follows is a story of walking, wild landscapes, uncertainty, loss and resilience. Along the way, the coast becomes a place of escape, reflection and healing.

It’s a beautiful and sometimes heartbreaking story, and one that raises plenty to talk about: what happens when life changes unexpectedly, whether walking really can help us through difficult times, and what it means to find freedom in simply putting one foot in front of the other.

Whether you’ve walked the South West Coast Path yourself or have never heard of it before, The Salt Path is a wonderful starting point for our little book club.

📅 Our next meet-up

Sunday 27th September – Evening

We’ll be getting together to chat about The Salt Path, share our thoughts and experiences, and decide on our next book.

The exact arrangements for the meet-up, including whether we’re meeting in person or online on each occasion – will be shared in our dedicated WhatsApp group.

📚 How Pages & Pathways works

Every two months, we choose a new book.

The books will have some connection to the things we love at MJ Outdoor Adventures – walking, nature, adventure, travel, the outdoors, wild places and the people who explore them.

Every two months we’ll then come together to chat about the book.

Sometimes that will be in person, and sometimes it will be via Zoom, depending on the book, the group and what works best.

We have a dedicated WhatsApp group where we’ll arrange the meet-ups, share reminders and have a little book-related chat along the way.

Want to join us?

Just message us on 07738 112 958 and we’ll add you to the WhatsApp group.

🌿 Keeping the pages moving

We’d love Pages & Pathways to be about sharing books, not simply buying more of them.

We highly encourage buying second-hand books, borrowing from friends or libraries, and passing your book on to someone else once you’ve finished it.

If you loved it, give someone else the chance to love it too. And if reading isn’t quite your thing – audio books are absolutely welcome!

We’re much more interested in sharing stories and getting people talking than worrying about whether you own a pristine copy of the book.

❤️ Come and join us

Pages & Pathways is another little part of the MJ Outdoor Adventures community. You don’t need to be a regular MJ Outdoor Adventures walker to join us or read every book.

Just bring yourself, your thoughts on the book and a willingness to chat.

One book. Every two months. Plenty of adventures between the pages.

📖 Pages & Pathways
MJ Outdoor Adventures Book Club

Free to join.

To join the WhatsApp group, message 07738 112 958.