A fool on a hill

When I started this blog, I didn't really mean it to be a series of reviews. I meant it to be a way of keeping track of what I read. A f...

Today is gorgeously sunny, and it's clear that summer is staging a comeback. But still, there are signs of autumn about. Dusk is droppin...

Last week, I was on a writing course in North Wales, at Ty Newydd, not far from Criccieth. People in the writing world will have heard ...

I've read other books by Horatio Clare. Some are about nature and about the people and places he meets on his travels:  Orison for a Cur...

Have just finished this, and what a read it is! I feel as if I'm tottering out of a cave, blinking in the daylight, after a long and in...

The first cowslip and orchid I’ve seen this spring, and the view from the remains of the Round House, which gave the hill its name,...

(Apologies - the pictures aren't very good: it was a very dark morning.) A week or two ago, I was walking with Nessie up on the ...