Ekelund Walks His Path in the Woods
Review by Nicola Ross Torbjorn Ekelund, A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys Into Nature, (2014 in Norwegian/2021 in English), Greystone Books Ltd., Hardcover, 255 pages, $32.95 and Torbjorn…
Review by Nicola Ross Torbjorn Ekelund, A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys Into Nature, (2014 in Norwegian/2021 in English), Greystone Books Ltd., Hardcover, 255 pages, $32.95 and Torbjorn…
Touring on an E-assisted Bike Friday “Gone to the dark side, have you?” my friend Peter asked. It was Peter who talked me into buying a used Bike Friday New…
How to Clean a Fish – and Other Adventures in PortugalEsmeralda Cabral, University of Alberta Press, 2023, Edmonton Alberta, 302 pagesI like simple paintings of fish so the cover of…
Waypoints: My Scottish Journey, Sam Heughan, 2022, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., London, UK, 270 pages I was drawn to this book by the cover shot of the author – a…
The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland Nan Shepherd, Canongate Canons, 2014, 160 pages. (With a foreword by John Macfarlane and an afterword by Jeanette…
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking, 2020, Kerri Andrews, Reaktion Books Ltd., 304 pages, London, England. A walker herself, Kerri Andrews takes readers on journeys with 10 fascinating women in…
A Canterbury Pilgrimage/An Italian Pilgrimage, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell & Joseph Pennell, The University of Alberta Press, 2015 (with a wonderful and detailed Introduction by Dave Buchanan), 149 pages …
A finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction, On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage is a contemplative read that, I predict, will make you itch…
Late November, before the pandemic's second wave, my partner Alex and I spent a few days hiking in and around Lion's Head on the Bruce Peninsula. What a treat. I…
How to cope with your adventurous soul. My Midsummer Morning: Rediscovering a Life of Adventure, Alastair Humphreys, William Collins, London, England, 258 pages, 2019 If you have the adventure travel…