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Suddenly homeless in their 50s and with Moth facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, Raynor and Moth Winn made the radical decision to walk the 1,000km South West Coast Path of England. Raynor documents their life-affirming experience in her Costa Book Award-nominated memoir, The Salt Path.
‘Nature was my safe place’: Raynor Winn on homelessness and setting off on a 630-mile walk
theguardian.com
Without a home, and facing terminal illness, Winn and her husband decided to walk the South West Coast Path. She talks about the experience – and her Costa-nominated memoir, The Salt PathA number of stories about Australian 4WD Hire allegedly ripping off its customers have appeared in Australian media but now one of those customers has won his court battle against the company.
Sydney man Glen McGarry was accused by Australian 4WD Hire of using contaminated fuel in his hire vehicle, tampering with its electronics and speeding. He denied all the allegations but the company demanded $15,000 from him.
Australian 4WD Hire has now settled the case with Mr McGarry and the signed statement from the company absolves Mr McGarry of any wrongdoing.
Mr McGarry said the claim by Australian 4WD Hire was a baseless attempt to extort money from him and he was fortunate he had the time and money to fight it in court.
4WD hire company admits customer it was suing did nothing wrong
abc.net.au
A prominent 4WD hire company is accused of charging for speeding fines that do not exist and misleading tourists about insurance cover in a bid to demand thousands of dollars from its customers, an ABC investigation uncovers. But one customer decided to fight back.