Why a Booktrail?
The founding father of the famous Aigas Field Centre explains how and why nature has shaped him
The Dun Cow Rib: A Very Natural Childhood
What you need to know before your trail
John Lister-Kaye has spent a lifetime exploring, protecting and celebrating the British landscape and its wildlife.
Lister-Kaye’s joyous childhood holidays – spent scrambling through hedges and ditches after birds and small beasts, keeping pigeons in the loft and tracking foxes around the edge of the garden – were the perfect apprenticeship for his two lifelong passions: exploring the wonders of nature, and writing about them. Threaded through his adventures – from moving to the Scottish Highlands to work with Gavin Maxwell, to founding the famous Aigas Field Centre – is an elegy to his remarkable mother, and a wise and affectionate celebration of Britain’s natural landscape.
Travel Guide
Aigas Field Centre (c) Google
The website says:
“For over 40 years, Aigas has been offering fully inclusive, small-group learning holidays and study courses exploring the stunning wildlife, habitats and landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands.”
John is one of Britain’s best known conservationists, naturalists and nature writers. He has written 10 books on wildlife, most recently this autobiography of his 1950s childhood in England: The Dun Cow Rib.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Dun Cow Rib: A Very Natural Childhood
Destination : Scotland, Inverness-shire Author/Guide: Sir John Lister-Kaye
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