Realising a dream
“In the dark days of winter, it’s a great comfort to relive past adventures – and perhaps anticipate future ones. This month, I get to share with you perhaps the most memorable weeks I have ever had in the UK. For the past two springs, I’ve travelled to Assynt, a beautiful and haunting region of mountains, lochs and extraordinary coastline, where I have chanced upon quiet walking, climbing, foraging and fishing. The sense of space, of landscape unwilling to be tamed, is a reminder that there are places that challenge us, that aren’t bound by the confines of digital life, that are still home to abundant nature. I hope I have conveyed a smidge of the atmosphere of that wonderful place and its inhabitants (page 18). One regret is that I didn’t…