The Observant Walker: Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain

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It is also important to connect to the natural world, something that seems lost in urban life. For ages, humans were keenly aware of the moon, but many people today don’t know what phase the moon is in today.

There’s even less excuse for flying into terrain in the 21st century. Modern general aviation pilots have electronic flight bags, which would have seemed utterly miraculous in 1931. Yet CFIT crashes persist. ‘The pilot, who was qualified only to operate in visual meteorological conditions, flew toward and entered an area of low cloud and reduced visibility,’ the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said about the fatal crash of a Cessna 182 in April 2019. In September that year five people died when a Bell UH-1D Huey was flown into low visibility conditions. This year’s Festival Service is being held at St Peter’s church where the Festival’s Honorary Chairman Terry Waite CBE will be preaching on the theme of freedom. Laura Kennington is a British adventure athlete, author and speaker with a passion for the endurance capability of the human body talks about her adventures. Her book Kairos includes her adventures in Guernsey and features its wonderful open water swimming community.

Public Transport Directions

Modern airline transport grapples, successfully, with a different set of safety issues. For general aviation, the lessons about weather and mountains are ongoing – and not always heeded. Join us for an evening with forager and author John Wright as he talks about his new book The Observant Walker. Stores can also become playgrounds; children are adept at devising games out of seemingly routine environments, Rob observes. An interesting activity is describing scenes or objects without using metaphors; this distinguishes between engagement and interpretation. John Wright has been leading forays around Britain for decades. As an expert forager, he shows people how to identify the edible species that abound – but he also reveals the natural history, stories and science behind our surroundings. Here, he takes us with him on eight walks: from verdant forests to wild coastlines, via city pavements, fields and rolling hills, he illuminates what can be found on a walk across any British terrain, and how you might observe and truly understand them, for yourself. From business, politics and economics, Jamie Susskind will talk about his book The Digital Republic – On Freedom and Democracy in the 21 st Century and asks how can freedom and democracy survive in a world of powerful digital technologies. Jamie will talk at the Festival’s Business Breakfast.

The Guernsey Literary Festival is a not-for-profit organisation planned, organised and run by a team of volunteers.The Outreach and Community Programme will see events in Les Nicolles Prison, Maison de Beauvoir Care Home, Russel’s Day Care Centre, Le Grand Courtil, Guernsey Cheshire Home and the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Carers’ Group. It will be a family meeting for David Dimbleby, who will talk about his new book Keep Talking: A Broadcaster’s Life, because his son, Henry, himself a writer on food and the environment, will be here with co-author Jemima Lewis to talk about their new book Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape .

Our programme covers media and news, health, poetry and the novel, the environment, business and economics, history, sport, music and social issues. I’m especially happy with our education programme, which takes writers into schools, and the community programme, which has expanded this year.’

Road Directions

John Wright will be talking about his book The Observant Walker – Wild Food, Nature and Treasure on the Pathways of Britain. What if, instead of just admiring the view when we take a walk, we slowed right down and looked closely at every living thing – every plant, fungus, lichen, hoverfly or spider? From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada: As an expert forager, he shows people how to identify the edible species that abound - but he also reveals the natural history, stories and science behind our surroundings. Here, he takes us with him on eight walks: from verdant forests to wild coastlines, via city pavements, fields and rolling hills, he illuminates what can be found on a walk across any British terrain, and how you might observe and truly understand them, for yourself. The Guernsey Literary Festival is kindly sponsored by: Butterfield, BWCI Group, Carey Olsen, Dorey Financial Modelling, Guernsey Arts, Guernsey Post, Health Connections, Hiscox, Investec, John Ramplin Charitable Trust, Julius Baer, Praxis, Rawlinson & Hunter, Rothschild & Co, Specsavers, Spring Insure Guernsey, St Pierre Park Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort, TPA, Vive La Vallette, Walkers, Walter Property.