When I was younger the idea of camping made my blood run cold. Actually, I thought that everything would be cold. Cold, damp and festooned with flies. I could see myself laying on a a slowly deflating air mattress as it whined its punctured death into the damp earth, whilst around me the nylon tentContinue reading “Living in Nature”
Tag Archives: Walking
Natural Immersion
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.” Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath had something here. I love the idea that you breathe in the world around you and make it part of you. Being outdoors can do thisContinue reading “Natural Immersion”
Come walking with us!
At last we have whittled down our walks to a few favourites for the beginning of this season, which we think you will enjoy. Please join me and Nigel Middleton (described by Richard Mabey in his book Nature Cure as a ‘bit of shaman’ who could ‘conjure birds out of the air’, Nigel is aContinue reading “Come walking with us!”
Spring with a side of cold
In my Enid Blyton head, spring is a time for skipping through green lanes with banks studded with pin-pricks of colour from primroses and violets that look like tiny fallen stars. Birds would sing in the spring from the hedgerows and the weak sunshine would still kiss your face with warmth. It is hard toContinue reading “Spring with a side of cold”
Life – as we’d rather not know it
There are some years that you wish would just end. This has been one of them. I had such plans to organise walks this year and was so looking forward to meeting everyone again and planning routes – but life had a different plan. I’m sorry for the lack of engagement – but I willContinue reading “Life – as we’d rather not know it”
The Joy of Rain
I knew it was going to be a good day. On the approach to Fulmodeston a Red Kite hung above the road and then, with barely perceptible movement, flicked across to the wood and out of sight. I’d picked a route around one particular path which ran through a wood. I’d often admired the woodContinue reading “The Joy of Rain”
Happy Norfolk Day!
It’s Tuesday 27th July and that makes it Norfolk Day. No, this is not something that I’ve made up, but a real thing here. We are going to celebrate everything Norfolk apparently – probably by communal tutting and making that odd ‘huh’ sound that Norfolk people do, which can only be described as a crossContinue reading “Happy Norfolk Day!”
Norfolk Notes 