The well-travelled book?

Just pondering…..

I guess this blogpost arose after I was sent this photo of my book ‘Behind the Canvas’  being read in a hammock in a garden in London. Please notice the footwear of the hammock-lounger….

And that made me think: this is a book that wants to travel. So I am taking my copy with me wherever I go, and taking the opportunity to photograph it in some of the places one might want to relax and read a book.

Incidentally, I missed a trick recently when I drove from Wales to Scotland but didn’t take any photos in the heather… and it’s beneath me to photoshop my book into photos I did take of Scottish (not highland) cattle.

Sunday in mid-Wales

Well, you can’t tell this is mid-Wales, but it is. On a visit to the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells, this is the spot where I ate my picnic lunch before starting Round 2 inside the Wonderwool sheds. In case you’re confused, Wonderwool is an amazing annual celebration of all things to do with wool. So: spinning, knitting, weaving, crocheting, felting and all those other country crafts which tend to keep us warm in winter. Here you can buy anything from hand-carved crochet hooks to whole fleeces with the names of the sheep or other woolly creatures on them. I bought some lovely dyed strands of a goat named Hugo, and quite a lot of an unnamed alpaca. I do all of the above crafts, but these offerings are destined for the spinning wheel.

But of course, it’s not all about the travels of ‘Behind the Canvas’  – it’s also about MY travels and the local colour I can pick up for future books. So watch this space!