The Last Wilderness: A Journey Into Silence (Paperback) by Neil Ansel

The Last Wilderness: A Journey Into Silence (Paperback) by Neil AnselThe experience of being in nature alone is here set within the context of a series of walks that Neil Ansell takes into the most remote parts of Britain, the rough bounds in the Scottish Highlands. He illustrates the impact of being alone as part of nature, rather than outside it. As a counterpoint, Neil Ansell also writes of the changes in the landscape, and how his hearing loss affects his relationship with nature as the calls of the birds he knows

from medieval pilgrimages to public parks and the first footsteps on the moon

and ceramics

with the Pikes forming like an icy cathedral in the background and the reflections in the tarn so reminiscent of Chinese painting

the wooden cabin home - or hytte - is a crucial part of Norwegian national identity

He was also a renowned scientist

the destruction of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers during World War II and the GBP3

120 gsm - Note and Sketch Book for artists

Thin washes retain the color while still reflecting the white of the paper

contrasts of the raw white paper with washes of grey

A pair of toothed rubber grips underneath hold the drawing board on a table edge and allow the angle of the board to be adjusted

carry with you several writing instruments

Sprinkling Tarn has one of the most evocative of tarn names: from the Old Norse Prentibjornsterne – meaning 'sprenti' (to sprinkle) and 'branded Bjorn' (an outlaw)