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Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors followed before them. In The Gathering Place, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell undertakes a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain at a unique moment in history – a time of pandemic, profound political change, and a climate and biodiversity emergency.

Changing history offers alternate perspectives and history from the parallel universes in our world. Asking, what would happen if a single event, statistic or personal attribute was changed. Imbuing Buddha with Homicidal Violence, or wiping out the existence of Jesus and hence Christianity. What if you had to survive 7 days at sea in the Jurassic Period, had to hide in the ocean from the Megalodon or were hunted by the worlds most dangerous snake?