Untamed Landscapes
I favour untamed landscapes , wild unpopulated places, being key. These may be hills, valleys, river banks, or wind-scoured high limestone escarpments and wild remote moorland (in Derbyshire for example) or the the age old ridgeways of the South Downs. Nothing pleases me more than an old pathway or forgotten roadway, such as walking a priest's pathway some years ago in Dorset. These are the places where one can find time to think or find a sense of spiritual calm or convers
For the Love of Flowers
I love flowers for their colour, shape and movement, be they wild or cultivated. They are vital for all sorts of reasons and one of the most important for us humans is sensory; through colour, shape, scent and movement. Walking through a wildflower meadow on a sunny day, for instance, gives a rush of impressions and emotions, happiness and delight foremost. Think too of those peripheral glimpses of a field of poppies while out walking in the countryside, or a carpet of sea pi
