The Geecologist

Waterlog

Waterlog

May 13, 2023 | Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

Henry Williamson, the author of Tarka the Otter, loved the abundance and variety of living creatures in this countryside, and for seven years he lived and farmed five miles along the coast at Stiffkey. When Dudley returned home after tea, this is where I went,...
Waterlog

Waterlog

Feb 11, 2023 | Essays, Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

There is no anti-depressant quite like sea-swimming, and Holkham is where I usually go when I’m feeling sad. Striking out into the enormous expanse of cold sea, over the vast sands, I immerse myself like the fox ridding himself of his fleas. I leave my devils on the...
Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Jun 5, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

Anyway, the point is, there was a gap in Miss Emily’s calendar collection: none of them had a single picture of Norfolk. We had these same lectures repeated a number of times, and I’d always wonder if this time she’d found a picture of Norfolk, but it was always the...
Waterlog

Waterlog

Sep 12, 2020 | Non-Fiction

I wanted to follow the rain on its meanderings about our land to rejoin the sea, to break out of the frustration of a lifetime doing lengths, of endlessly turning back on myself like a tiger pacing its cage. I began to dream of secret swimming holes and a journey of...