Ian

An excellent tale of a hobby reborn. Some great one-liners and a lovely combination of ornithological geekery and memories of family and music.

Parikian seems to make progress from beginner to twitecher (in denial) quicker than the average person who might be attempting the same feat, but for someone who wants to, it is both an inspirational and aspirational text.

The conclusion felt inevitable.

I’ve never been to (Orford) Ness, but through this text, and the couple of Wikipedia searches I did to help me through it, I feel like In know the place; like I was there this morning as I read.

I don’t read poetry or fiction very often, but I do read natural history. Ness felt ‚adjacent’. A natural(!) next step. I’ll reread the descriptions of it, he, she, they, as many times I expect…

my favourite Alastair Humphrey’s book I think. Not because of the scale of the adventure, but because it’s the most personal. The passages about combining adventure with family life and the frustrations that brings really hit home. Thanks Al.