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…
E-assisted Bike Friday: Cycling on the Dark Side or Nirvana?
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: Simple Stories Tell the Tale
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…
Judge this Book By it Cover
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…
Hiking With All My Senses
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…
Women Walking
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 Boneshaking Ride on a Velocipede: The Beginning of Cycle Touring
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 …
On Pilgrimage
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…
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Textures of the Bruce Peninsula
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…
An Adventure of Another Sort
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…