Originally posted on The Human Season. Photo post by @pa2015info. Source: 20 November: Woodland and a sound removed from its origin
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8 Oct 2016: Leaving Addis Ababa…
Originally posted on The Human Seasons:
Today I should have been making my way back from the UNESCO world heritage site of Konso, in the south west of Ethiopia, to the captial Addis Ababa. But the on-going protests there (and strong government response) flared up again a couple of weeks ago. These events bypassed the international media.…
The past still stalks the present: The entanglement of slavery, tourism and palaeoecology on Zanzibar
The past still stalks the present, and if we pause and look, we may recognise its footprints… Source: The past still stalks the present: The entanglement of slavery, tourism and palaeoecology on Zanzibar
Journal entry 1: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but that eye can change
The following is an entry from my journal. Whilst we arguably all have an imaginative engagement with environments and landscapes, these are not static. Instead they are often fluid and contingent… …I think it was at this point on the journey that I fell in love with Africa… The full article was first published here: […]
25 June 2016 – 8th stage of grief
Originally posted on The Human Seasons:
Shock or Disbelief Denial Anger Bargaining Guilt Depression Acceptance and Hope I don’t mean this to sound melodramatic, and I certainly don’t mean to belittle these emotions for someone who is grieving for a loved one, but I honestly feel like I went through most of the seven stages…
#30DaysWild 11 June 2016
I think my blog post for The Human Seasons pretty much covers my ‘wild’ for today. #30DaysWild
#30DaysWild 5 June 2016
Early evening pigeon watching. #30DaysWild

A day for encounters with buckwheat
Thursday 20th March 2014 We started and finished today with buckwheat. So guess what the following short piece is about! Unfortunately, signal is very weak here so I can’t upload photos at the moment, but I will add some when I can. Pictures now added (Friday) – it was getting dark when I took the […]
Travel
The taxi on the flat… …the taxi rolling down the hill Friday 29th March Having walked well over 140km in the last few weeks without stepping foot inside any type of vehicle, it seemed slightly strange to fly from Jomsom to Pokhara.That flight (in a 15 seater) was nothing compared to our taxi ride […]