NEW NATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2021 RUNNER-UP
Former local government worker Mike is a keen walker and wildlife enthusiast, based in North Yorkshire. Prize judge Stephen Moss praised his entry as: “A delightful recollection of a long-ago boyhood, written with imagination and a real sense of the way a child interprets nature.”
We spent a lot of time lying on our stomachs then, before the silent spring. If you had been on a west coast train, steam-hauled towards Carlisle, you may well have
