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Really interesting!

"Islands of Abandonment" is a superb book, utterly fascinating, often exciting and beautifully written.

That's interesting. I'm the opposite, always focused on the nature. Now that getting older learning to do things more in Nature and allowing it to be a backdrop

Very interesting!

Such a great read!

Jeremy Lent is a legend, patterning instinct was a revelation for me - highly underrated - for me better than Harari

nice video and book is the best book ever read, must read, why are the governments not listening to us!!!

That was great fun, Tim & Al, thanks guys!

Really enjoyed that, Tim! Thanks, can’t wait to read the book now.

Adventurous,awseome travel!👐

I enjoyed the video! Thank you for sharing 💕🐦love from Japan

Insightful stuff, thanks Tim, Andrew & Molly 👍

i just started reading the book today,, i do a lot of sea kayaking myself, great story

Both of you are using the term 'civilisation' with alacrity and, I think, using it loosely. Civilisation is but another type of Culture but, at least in my understanding of the term, civilisation skewers general culture into a different paradigm that gives power to a warrior monarch and a high priest and thus taking it away from the mass of the people. You do talk about Culture, I think correctly; talking about the glow of fundamental interconnected human culture and how it is similar to the interconnected living quality of other species, - trees in a forest et al, - embodied in life, - ‘unity with differentiation’. Civilisation I think is, as it were, the antithesis of an integrated Culture. Civilisation is the paradigm that is causing so much of separateness; that in inherently needs to separate. Civilisation stresses individuality at the expense of integrated community. And part of the problem with Civilisation is those high priests who, in various parts of the planet and at different times in history, defined that there were deities and then interpreted and then enforced ‘belief’ in a fictional supernatural as control factor to stipulate the authority of the monarch (as long as that didn’t interfere with the power of the high priest). Civilisation is a flawed paradigm.

Jeremy Lent you are a revolutionary! Thank you for writing all your books x

Thank you for this conversation. Included in this conversation is reparations to the Irish people, tribunal into the Genocide of the Irish population that was and is to this day falls under the convenient label of 'Famine'. The outlawed practice of fishing, foraging and hunting and clearing of the Irish land for British established aristocratic landowners. Along side the understanding of the British colonial slave trade, an understanding of the atrocious destruction of Irish people, culture and land.

Well done @adventurousink3774 for gathering this eclectic trio together. A thoroughly enjoyable hour and a bit listening to the experiences and thoughts from three generations of gifted writers and adventurers. I have read both of Andrew Terrill's books . Yes, they are rather long but then so was The Walk! You have a new subscriber 👍

Very enjoyable to listen to you all esp Chris Townsend :)

Here is the chat from the conversation, such a lot of love. And reindeer pee... 20:06:21 From Sue Damgaard to Everyone: 😅😅😅 20:09:27 From Kate Armstrong to Everyone: There's the Nicholas Crane European watershed one from Spain to Istanbul, but that's a while ago. 20:09:50 From Sue Waton to Everyone: what about FFiona Campbell? 20:09:59 From Norman Hadley to Everyone: Turn Right at Land's End: John Merrill, The Story of his 7000 Mile British Coastal Walk probably worth a mention 20:10:06 From trace - Oxfordshire to Everyone: And I thought 2 pairs of socks and 6kg pack for a 6 week camino was minimalist 😁 20:15:40 From Lizzie Rudin to Everyone: beautiful reading thank you 20:23:10 From Sue Damgaard to Everyone: This is such a great mental space to stay inside of on a long walk! (Chris’s comments) 20:28:12 From John Kapustka to Everyone: Thinking about the great mystical thoughts that are being expressed, I understand having similar thoughts while hiking alone or with friends on a longer trek. However, when I have hiked recently alone with my dog, who took immediately to trekking in the mountains, when I can put myself in her mind and sharing her joy, I can feel that joy of nature in a much shorter period of time. It is as if she is not bothered with all the burdens of a civilized world that us people have. 20:30:27 From Kate Armstrong to Everyone: There's a great moment when they reach the summit on the first ascent of Nanda Devi. Tillman says 'I believe we so much forgot ourselves as to shake hands upon it.' 20:31:05 From Sian Hoskins to Everyone: I wonder if anyone has something which sort of triggers them into that feeling of deep connection with nature? For me being out hiking and then hearing skylarks singing fills me with so much happiness and inner peace that i feel then my mind stops thinking about anything else and am just out enjoying the nature and walking, without too much thinking 20:34:08 From Peter Davies to Everyone: David Whyte always talks about the exploration of our inner horizons. I think reaching the outer horizon is now largely technical (distance, height, time etc) and not necessarily the real experience. 20:35:03 From Marion Dresner to Tim Frenneaux(Direct Message): I have a question for the speakers. 20:35:13 From Tim Frenneaux to Marion Dresner(Direct Message): fire away 20:35:31 From Marion Dresner to Tim Frenneaux(Direct Message): How do they revive their “being out there” feelings while at home writing their books? 20:35:44 From Tim Frenneaux to Marion Dresner(Direct Message): good one! 20:35:49 From Peter Davies to Everyone: In the Alps the guides usually described days in hours, rather than distances covered. I'm sure they knew them, but they used time and pace as a better measure 20:37:47 From Norman Hadley to Everyone: poronkusema: Compound of poron (“reindeer's”) +‎ kusema (“peed by”); the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate. 20:38:10 From trace - Oxfordshire to Everyone: Hearing the call of the curlew fills my heart with such happiness…….. skylarks make me smile 20:45:00 From Sue Damgaard to Everyone: Alex!! I also did the GTA northbound last year!! 20:47:05 From Sue Waton to Everyone: RE the deep connection, John Wyatt writes about it in 'The Shining Levels'; the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Return to Solitude encapsulates for me what it's like to connect and find yourself part of the universe. A oneness, a complete wholeness. 20:48:08 From Peter Davies to Everyone: I think that’s a UK perspective on Borders- we have our island. In Europe, especially in the East borders have been very fluid and bitterly fought for over time. 20:52:49 From Sian Hoskins to Everyone: I read the Farthest Shore last week and it was fab Alex! 20:55:06 From Sarah Lea to Everyone: I think that one of the reasons that Andrew’s books are so good is that he is such a good writer, which is all too rare these days. 20:55:32 From Sarah Lea to Everyone: I read the Farthest Shore last week and it was fab Alex! It’s a really good book 20:56:57 From Kevin Waugh to Everyone: Well Sayed Andrew 20:59:00 From Norman Hadley to Everyone: We can throw a lot of modernity at walking, from Alex's 6 watches to Dyneema tents with carbon poles. But to what extent does the simplicity of the basic process engender a kinship with traditional, nomadic peoples? 21:01:16 From Peter Davies to Everyone: Do any of you keep an audio journal/recording? Would it be any better or worse for future use? 21:02:37 From Sue Damgaard to Everyone: Chris, I’m leaving for my second PCT hike in about 8 weeks. There are about 7000 people hiking it this year 😅 21:04:03 From Grant Paterson to Everyone: Replying to "Chris, I’m leaving f…" Sue, I was struggling with this before I left last year and found the final paragraph of Chris’s book helpful with this. 21:06:53 From Alex Roddie to Everyone: I read the Farthest Shore last week and it was fab Alex! Thank you so much! 🙂 21:07:07 From Alex Roddie to Everyone: Alex!! I also did the GTA northbound last year!! Great route, isn’t it? 21:08:25 From Sue Waton to Everyone: the solo female might not have quite the same experience. 21:08:41 From Kay Badland to Everyone: Replying to "the solo female migh…" Agreed 21:09:09 From Kate Armstrong to Everyone: Replying to "the solo female migh..." Though Rebecca Lowe talks about having had this good experience while cycling solo from the UK to Iran. 21:10:14 From John Kapustka to Everyone: Bruce Chatwin: “The Songlines” 21:10:22 From Peter Davies to Everyone: walking and sensation predate thinking- so ambulando ergo cogito! 21:11:25 From Sarah Lea to Everyone: Thank you all. Really enjoyed this. 21:11:28 From Peter Davies to Everyone: Thank you for organising tonight's event. 21:11:38 From Lizzie Rudin to Everyone: so much food for thought to take on - lovely evening thanks everyone 21:11:45 From John Kapustka to Everyone: Thank you. Fantastic discussion!!!!! 21:11:50 From Lizzie Rudin to Everyone: Reacted to "the solo female migh..." with 👍 21:11:50 From Tim Clancey to Everyone: Thank you very much all of you - really inspiring stuff :) 21:11:53 From Sian Hoskins to Everyone: Thankyou all! Thankyou Tim for another awesome event as always 🙂 so glad I wasn’t working for this one 🙂 21:11:57 From Sue Waton to Everyone: thank you all; connection is all - zoom, walking, wherever! 21:11:58 From Kate Armstrong to Everyone: Thanks very much indeed. 21:11:59 From martin brown to Everyone: Thank you Tim, Chris, Alex and Andrew 21:12:03 From Cheryl to Everyone: Thank you all 21:12:07 From Sue Damgaard to Everyone: Please do it again!!!! 21:12:12 From Kevin Waugh to Everyone: Thank you definitely inspired me. My three idols 21:12:34 From Debbie Ross to Everyone: Thanks. Great. 21:12:37 From Rachel Ferris to Everyone: Thank you! Such interesting conversation tonight! 21:12:39 From trace - Oxfordshire to Everyone: Fab discussion and thanks Tim for organising it. Wonderul 21:12:40 From Helen Stoves to Everyone: Thank you all! 21:12:45 From GARY SINCLAIR to Everyone: Thanks!! 21:12:48 From trace - Oxfordshire to Everyone: 👏🏻 21:12:52 From Samantha Murphy to Everyone: Thk u all so much - loved this! 21:13:52 From Bradley Nichol to Everyone: Thanks all

It was an immense pleasure to take part, even if articulating thoughts out loud is far harder for me than writing them! I wasn't able to mention during the chat, but Chris is a hero of mine - sharing the platform with him was real treat. I first read Chris' words 35 years ago en-route to the hills as an 18 year old. His book, 'The Great Backpacking Adventure', was profoundly inspiring, both in terms of what is possible in long distance walking and also in the purity of Chris' approach. It had a long-lasting impact on my own approach to walking. Possibly, I wouldn't have gone on any of my long journeys without Chris' influence! For folks who haven't read his books, they are all well worth reading! My personal favourite is 'Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles', his wonderfully understated account walking the Pacific Crest Trail in 1982 long before it became popular. It was a real adventure! Alex Roddie's 'The Farthest Shore' is also a fascinating and thoroughly worthwhile read... as will be whatever he writes next I have no doubt! Tim - thank you for hosting, and for being so generous with your comments about my two books, 'The Earth beneath My Feet' and 'On sacred Ground'. One quick question from me: I hope we can still answer some of the questions people asked in the meeting's chat feature?

Can’t wait to listen to this during a good long walk!

Wonderful discussion and so heartfelt and uplifting. Thank you.

Very good interview, Andrew. :>)

hi tim, i knoe know ur sun zachary fennaux and ge is a very nice and kind person. tell him i said hi 💯🥶

I loved this book, and it’s even better as an audiobook read by Elise.

I don't think I've heard the concept of 'circular economy' better explained anywhere or by anyone than Mr. Muir! Very much looking forward to reading this months 'Ink', Tim!

Such a great interview, the world needs more people like Gail - optimistic, energetic, and open. Also Tim, I might have accidentally "disliked" it, I didn't mean to, I loved it!

It was a brilliant, touching, manic and hilarious evening, Tim. Thanks for sharing Gails book and getting her to engage with us in such a fantastic manner online. At one point my girlfriend entered the room and asked 'does she even breath?'. I was in stitches by the end, loved it!

Wise words, delivered from a stunning location! Thanks, Tim!

Thank you for this. I eagerly await the book. Is there any chance of pposting the interview with Alex, as I missed it when it was live? Cheers, keep up the good work.

Black Hill plantation up above Yateholme reservoir?

Brilliant

Unfortunately I couldn’t make the live event last night but am looking forward to following this conversation this weekend!

Sounds like another great edition of Adventurous Ink, Tim! Looking forward to reading this one very much and also to the conversation with Adam. Keep the great reads coming!

I can imagine there were lots of outtakes for this particular reading! Looks really tranquil :)

Sounds like a very interesting book, Tim, thanks for introducing it from one of my favorite spots above Dovestones Res.!

Another really interesting conversation, Tim. I can’t wait to get sidetracked reading the magazine when it arrives!

What a fantastic book and thoroughly enjoyable conversation! Wonderful insights and important lessons learned and shared by Claire.

Thanks for sharing this, Tim. A thoroughly enjoyable conversation that had me reminiscing on bike tours past and yearning to get the panniers loaded up for another tour.

Thanks, Tim, sounds like this months Ink is going to be a damn good read and will contain some valuable insights. Caley Crags looks grand, by the way, did you have a little boulder about while you were there?

I love hearing you read its so peaceful. Id quite happily listen to you read the whole book.

Noooooo! Not the tea! Travesty is an understatement! :)

Aw I loved the bit about how the possible sighting of the perigrine made her heart lift! I get so excited and happy when seeing new birds too. Loved your reading :) especially your commitment in the hail. Hope I can attend this months talk live again (depending on work)

I was up there last August - a beautiful sunny day in complete contrast to you in the hail! But I am sure you didn't care too much while recording the reading as every day whatever the weather is a glorious day if one is outside!

I have a feeling this book is going to make me feel very homesick, Tim.

Thanks for posting this, Tim, I missed the last 20 minutes last night due to exhaustion after a day out in the woods cooking, climbing and clambering around with the kids. Great conversation and I look forward to reading The Book of Trespass. 👍🏻

Lovely! Thanks Tim. Maybe you need to remind Lewis: a watched pot never boils!