The East Coast Trial

The East Coast Trail is a 336km hike along the coast of Newfoundland
that no one asked Laura Piccinin to go on.

It’s the summer of 2021 and Laura Piccinin has decided to go on a very long walk. For enjoyment. An avid adventurer, she is sure she can take on a little coastal trail with seaside cliffs and friendly locals with ease, and heads out on a 3-week journey as WOMAN ALONE. Well, she was mistaken. I don’t know what she was thinking. Here are her journal entries, maybe you can make sense of it.

“Laura Piccinin is a natural comic and a gifted storyteller, and we’re happy to follow wherever she’d like to go.” 

— AISLING MURPHY, Toronto Star 

“Laura has an effortless way of telling her stories that makes you feel like you’re a confidant to her most harrowing tales. In that liveliness is a wit and charm that had me laughing from start to finish.” 

— JANINE MARLEY, A View from the Box

“Every moment is packed with laughter and authenticity.” 

— ANGELA JOHNSTON, Edmonton Journal