On the whole though, I’ll forgive him that, because on a first reading, my copy has 20-odd pages corner-turned. It’s battered and warped from having been carried about in shopping bags and beach bags. And I’m so looking forward to starting it again next February and going through the year with him.
If you’re in need of more inspiration to go outside and look at what is we can also recommend [[The English Countryside (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts) by Ruth Binney]] . Both the Parikian and the Binney are obviously focussed on small areas, but the general principles are translatable to wherever you happen to be. Read the books, then go find your own nearest patch of green and take a look.
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