It is a fascinating thing for an author to walk you around the landscapes that feature in their book. Thank you, @robbiecowen, for sharing your Common Ground with me (bonus point for the kingfisher), and for feeding me so well from your allotment. #yorkshire #blog #goniceplacesdogoodthings #neverstopexploring
The river Kaveri is one of the 5 great holy rivers of India, revered by pilgrims for centuries. From its source amongst the coffee and cardamon plantations in the cool hills of the Western Ghats, the river flows 500 miles across southern India towards the hot plains of Tamil Nadu and the Bay of Bengal.
The book Laurie Lee wrote – As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – is my favourite travel book of all time.
I spent six weeks in the Canadian Arctic on an Ice Base on the frozen Arctic Ocean at 78 degrees north (at the spot often referred to in polar races as ‘The North Pole’, though in fact it was the 1996 location of the magnetic North Pole).
