The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert MacFarlane

Quite unique in its scope-Macfarlane doesn't just tackle a literal descriptive narrative and exploration of the, 'old ways,' or ancient tracks, but highlights paths that we all walk, involving an extraordinary level of insight-as befitting a senior lecturer at Cambridge, using poetry and song, and personal accounts, submerging us deeply into the multilayers of place and time we each spend our lives passing through.

For me, it succeeded in conjuring up a real sense of the World: an all-embracing World mostly forgotten, and the place we all still have in it.

An explanation...

"I'm sorry if I don't wave or smile back at you while I'm running. It's just that I'm trying very hard not to die."

Chiltern Hills Vintage Car Rally

The Isle of Lundy

Despite it being a beautiful sunny day, with no wind whatsoever, I was absolutely baffled to be told a couple of days ago there would be no sailings to Lundy because the 'wind was facing in the wrong direction.'  Still, the 'wind,' must have been facing in the right direction today-because I managed to get on board MS Oldenburg and spent the whole day on the Island.

Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park

Science Museum: Robot Exhibition