Bucket Lists and Walking Sticks

A terrible accident. Forced retirement. An excuse to pull out the bucket list

After a motorbike accident leaves her husband with life-changing injuries, author Emma Scattergood organises a worldwide adventure inspired by the contents of an old, laminated bucket list.

It becomes the journey of a lifetime-seeking health and ticking off long-imagined list items: from viewing ancient Petra, treading Greece's Parthenon, and traversing the Suez Canal, to hunting down Doc Martin on the Cornish coast.

Spanning seven months and 19 countries across Asia and Europe, this memoir-told in mouth-watering and humorous detail-pulls you headlong into the sights, culture, challenges and beauty of each place visited. It will make you want to follow in their footsteps, and if you are feeling less adventurous, it offers the perfect escape.