Gap Year: Rambling Through Brambles in England and Scotland

Adventure from your armchair.

Twenty years ago, I set off on the greatest journey of my youthful life. Twelve months sketching nature on three continents...next to no contact with folks back home. No wonder my strongest memory of that year is loneliness so profound I sometimes cried myself to sleep within the thin walls of my tent.

Fast forward ahead to April 2020 when eco-adventures had become a normal facet of my life. I was itching to explore new habitats, yet a pandemic made hopping in th...