There’s a rhythm to walking in nature, just like there is to writing about it – the stops and the starts, the forward, flowing motion of body and words, and the watchful, thoughtful pauses. I find spring especially inviting for walking: the lighter, brighter, milder days, the anticipation of migrant birds’ return giving way to excitement as the first local reports trickle in of chiffchaff singing from scrubland or wheatear perched on fence posts. The need to walk, explore, look, listen, revel in

Source: ‘Words Made by Walking’ An Article by Debra Williams