British cinema seems to love a story about long journeys. Over the last few years, we’ve had numerous films involving walking including Edie (2017), 23 Walks (2020), The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) and if we’re not walking, we’re catching a bus, The Last Bus (2021). Now add to that list The Salt path.

The Salt Path is a 630-mile walking route that follows the South West Coast Path in the UK, from Minehead in Somerset to Poole Harbour in Dorset, passing through Devon and Cornwall. The route was walked by Raynor Winn and her husband Moth after they were made homeless with Raynor turning their experiences into a bestselling novel that was published in 2018.

The Salt Path sees Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs playing the parts of Raynor and Moth Winn. Raynor and Moth find themselves homeless, due in part to Moths bad investments, just as Moth is diagnosed with a neurological decease that effects his nerves. Not knowing what to do the pair decide to walk The Salt Path with only the clothes on their back, the few pounds they have left and a small flimsy tent.

As is pretty much the way with every other film that involves some sort of journey, The Salt Path sees Raynor and Moth meeting various strange and excentric characters. There’s the posh group of people who mistake Moth for a famous poet. There’s the rotund half naked swimmer who waxes lyrical about the coastal raspberries’ and there’s a number of grumpy old folk who, strangely, don’t like the pair pitching their tent in the middle of nowhere.

Isaacs is terrific as Moth whilst Anderson never looks completely comfortable in the role of Raynor, her ever changing accent doesn’t help.

There’s not really much to The Salt Path other than following two people on a walk but what there is enjoyable with Anderson and Isaac just bringing enough charm to their characters to make you care about their circumstances.