From the animals we spot to the beasts we can barely imagine; creatures who become our companions to encounters we’ll never forget: here’s to the stars of the show. In shops 30 March or visit www.countrywalking.co.uk
Out this week! A very special issue of the UK’s best-selling walking magazine dedicated to the creatures with whom we share these wild isles and our walks…
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It might be the setting that piques our interest in a story, but it’s the characters we come to remember. However much we love the landscapes through which we walk, it’s the wheeling shadow of a bird of prey, a statuesque heron or a busy squirrel’s bounding gait that will root us to the spot. Who doesn’t cast an indulgent glance into the big soulful eyes of a cow and delight in any trace of mutual acknowledgement from a soft-treading fox, hurtling hare or pensive deer? Life recognises life and it’s one of the great marvels of existence that there are not just other souls out there, each of whom stands at the centre of their own universe, but so many different ways of being. Wet noses, furred faces, vivid senses; strange feasts, foes and comforts; moments of drama next to which our brief appearance in their lives is a fleeting trifle. Here’s to the countryside’s amazing cast and crew!
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