Iceland, Feb. 2022
LUTON The last time we flew out of Luton I vowed never to do so again. But time heals all wounds, and when booking the flights I justified it to …
On the Quest for Satisfaction
Part 1 – The call to adventure We live in a world of endless possibilities, endless potential experiences and encounters, with something fascinating always only a walk, watch, or page-turn …
Hoveton Great Broad – 26/08/17
A gentle rain is falling, bejewelling the leaves of the reeds with dozens of glistening white diamonds, sparkling as the sunshine tries to tear the canvas of thin cloud. The …
Glastonbury Musings
Across the legendary Vale of Avalon a myriad of tents were pitched as far as the eye could see, the neatly defined squares of pastoral fields descended into a chaos …
Learning, working, and enjoying nature
‘In converting a passion into a set of facts, [one is] at least following a pattern with an established pedigree, most notable in academia, where an art historian, on being …
Hoveton Great Broad – 17/09/16
Rain. And with it, flooding. It’s quite rare to have a whole day of rain start to finish, with a persistence that fills your ears with drumming and your mind …
Giant Panda’s reclassification shows China in new light
China: often seen as an environmentalist’s worst nightmare with its huge, sprawling, polluted cities, its poor environmental regulations, its culture of using rare and endangered animal parts in traditional medicine, …
Hoveton Great Broad – 10/09/16
he sun wasn’t shining, but we made hay anyway. I felt like a medieval peasant, surrounded by the sweet smell of sedge and mulching reed in the graceful, flat fields …
Hoveton Great Broad – 30/08/16
A moorhen pattered across leathery lily pads, the ripples across the water joining those made by the rising bream catching flies, vacuuming them up from the sticky surface tension they …
Hoveton Great Broad – 26/08/16
I’ve been working on the Hoveton Great Broad Nature Trail for the best part of five months now, yet it’s still surprising me. Before I started I thought my knowledge …