Anon. In the summer of 1996 I found myself watching bumblebees, sitting amidst a dense patch of nettles and comfrey in the Itchen Valley Country Park, on the northern edge of Southampton. I had managed to get myself appointed as a lecturer in the biology department at Southampton University, and ...
Run: 39 mins 48 secs. People: 6 Lycra-clad old men rocketed past me on their bicycles, nearly making me jump out of my skin. Dogs: 5, including an unfortunate three-legged mongrel wandering the street in Épenède. Butterflies: 12 – spotted a male small blue butterfly perched on a grass stem right ...