The year of sitting dangerously : my garden safari / Simon Barnes ; illustrations by Cindy Lee Wright.
By: Barnes, Simon.
Contributor(s): Wright, Cindy Lee.
Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2024Description: 352 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781398518902 (pbk.) :; 1398518905 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Garden ecology -- England -- Norfolk | Nature study -- England -- Norfolk | Environment and ecology | Environment and Ecology | Norfolk | Biography: general | Autobiography: general | Biology, life sciences | The countryside, country life: general interestDDC classification: 577.554094261 Summary: In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to be put on hold. Instead, he embarked on the only voyage of discovery that was still open to him. He walked to a folding chair at the bottom of his garden, and sat down. His itinerary: to sit in that very same spot every day for a year and to see - and hear - what happened all around him. It would be a stationary garden safari; his year of sitting dangerously had begun. For the next twelve months, he would watch as the world around him changed day by day. Gradually, he began to see his surroundings in a new way; by restricting himself, he opened up new horizons, growing even closer to a world he thought he already knew so well.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Adult Non-Fiction | 577.554 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400027180 |
Originally published: 2023.
In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to be put on hold. Instead, he embarked on the only voyage of discovery that was still open to him. He walked to a folding chair at the bottom of his garden, and sat down. His itinerary: to sit in that very same spot every day for a year and to see - and hear - what happened all around him. It would be a stationary garden safari; his year of sitting dangerously had begun. For the next twelve months, he would watch as the world around him changed day by day. Gradually, he began to see his surroundings in a new way; by restricting himself, he opened up new horizons, growing even closer to a world he thought he already knew so well.