Landscapism

" There is something about walking which stimulates and enlivens my thoughts.  ... my body has to be on the move to set my mind goin...

"And far away a mountain zone, A cold white waste of snow-drifts lies" Speak of the North, Charlotte Bronte The new y...

Cold and damp January days require an appropriately melancholic soundtrack and I've recently been enjoying Pilgrim Chants & Pas...

No end of year list this. Just a short recommendation of a short, stark and arresting novel: a bleak midwinter read. The Dig is Cy...

A December walk from my East Bristol city-suburb front door, through the green places of Fishponds, Frenchay and Stapleton. The images sp...

After a two month lay-off due to a ruptured Achilles tendon I am glad to be back out roaming again. A day of late autumnal brilliance ...