I figured I had until early autumn before the water grew too cold and all the green things disappeared. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alys Fowler on the New Main Line branch of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton canal. Faced with that mountain, I’d do the only thing I knew to try to steady my world. I began to understand that there is no such thing as coming out: it is a daily negotiation. • This is an edited extract from Hidden Nature: A Voyage Of Discovery, by Alys Fowler, published on 6 April by Hodder & Stoughton at £20.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2017 09:22 UTC