Tudong: The Long Road North

This hand-carved wood covering was made for a special edition of the book.

This book is an account of a 'tudong' walk through England, made in 1983 by Ajahn Amaro and Nick Scott. During following year Ajahn Amaro typed up his diaries and, with the generous contributions of many friends of the monastery - particularly Nancy Sloane Stanley's illustrations Sujata's calligraphy and Nick Scott's maps - 1000 copies rolled off the machines at the local Tyneside Free Press in the fall of 1984.

Although some of the material appeared in the later compilation Silent Rain, up until now those 1000 copies were the only ones in existence. We are now delighted to be able to offer this web-edition of Tudong - The Long Road North, making the book available once more after a 25 year hiatus.

This edition was produced with immense care and diligence by Vernon and Jacqui Oldfield, friends of the monastic community who were amongst those visited by the walkers on their original trek back in 1983. We are very grateful that, through their efforts, this little book is once more freely accessible for all those who might be interested.

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