I spent last Saturday (6th November) in Edinburgh at a launch event for the book “Woodlanders”.
Compiled by Reforesting Scotland, Woodlanders explores the relationships between people and woodlands through contributions by lots of people working in and with woodlands.
http://www.reforestingscotland.org/projects/woodlanders.php
So we gathered in a city square in Edinburgh an certainly I, at least, was entertaining fond imaginings of elegant woodlanders regaling each other with their woody tales and chatting languidly with casual passers by, with all relaxing on the lawns in a late autumn afternoon sun……
It rained.
So all the contributors and passers by crowded into the event’s Yurt where we talked and chatted, told stories, recited poems, listened to music and sampled tasty wine from Cairn o’Mhor…and probably had a much more convivial time than an elegance on the grass!