Random Things Tours: Wild Treasures. A Year of Extraordinary Encounters with Cornwall´s Wildlife by Hannah Stitfall

One of my biggest regrets of the last four years of almost no travel, is that I haven´t continued my exploration of the English countryside. Its wildlife and pristine nature is like no other landscapes I ever encountered during my wanderings and wonderings around the Globe.

But it´s never too late and with summer just around the corner I am just looking for the right inspiration before being able to plan something. Thus, my delightful encounter with Hannah Stitfall account of ´A Year of Extraordinary Encunters with Cornwall´s Wildlife´. 

Hannah Stitfall is a different type of journalist. In a world when speed and accumulation of any kind - of audience, followers, experiences - she is slowly taking her time to capture intimate moments of nature life - a hedgehog, a plant, a moving landscape. Hours on end for a perfect understanding of an animal behavior or a change slowly taking place within the nature is never enough. What it matters is to capture the moment and understand its implications. 

Her writing reflects her love for nature, her passion for observing the nature. It´s part of her priviledge of living in this corner of paradise to track her observations and discoveries, and her dedication is a love letter to this tremendous advantage of living so close to nature. I loved how she carefully plans her expeditions, aimed at lead her to new discoveries. She is breathing the rhythm of nature, therefore she is able to go beyond the usual passionate take on nature. Although a writer, she behaves first as a scientist ready to first discover the phenomenon and only afterwards, when she has all the proper details, to share her observations with the rest of the world.

Wild Treasures is a gem of a book, an inspiration both in terms of nature writing and of dedication to nature. I would really love to read more such books that may help us understand that there are always better and respectful ways to (re)connect with nature.

Rating: 5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own