Ursula Martin never thought she would walk 3700 miles around Wales, but following a cancer diagnosis it seemed like the only reasonable thing to do. In 17 months, she traversed beaches and mountains, farms and urban sprawl. She received unimaginable support - people offered beds, food, cups of tea, donated to her chosen charities. Walking Wales rooted her in the country and in herself; her account of the physical and mental challenges painting a unique portrait of the natural landscape of a country and its people.

Ursula was born in Swansea, brought up in England, and returned to Wales as an adult. She has worked in a variety of occupations - festival crew, care worker, photographer, volunteer farm worker, Tefl teacher - while spending most of the last ten years travelling.