Ring of Bright Water webcast

Emily’s walking book club x Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell

[@susannetoon2709]

I found you today in you tube .
Really enjoyed this today .Needed today to remind us of our natural world through the eyes of amazing people that did so much for conservation all over the world and remembered forever so lovingly in our minds .
The walk looked Amazing wish had shared it with you and my George and Buddy would have Loved it too.
Thank You ! Love Sx

[@emilyrhodeswriter]

Ah thanks! It is such a special book - I just gave it to someone who’s just started at uni in Scotland for a Christmas present. There’s definitely something magic in it. Hope to see you on a walk sometime!!

[@lisa1922]

Wonderful vlog, Emily, and how I loved seeing those video clips on the heath. Wish I were back in London, attending in person, but grateful to be able to attend on zoom as long as I'm in exile across the pond....sigh......xx

[@emilyrhodeswriter]

Ah Lisa - how I wish you were on the Heath with us, but I love seeing you on zoom, in a different time zone, united by thinking about the same book x

[@enidlacob1157]

Thanks for this I missed the fact I couldn’t be on the walk. I wish I could be there I loved fed the gentle writing of the book

[@emilyrhodeswriter]

Thanks Enid, so glad you enjoyed the writing - it is very beautiful and gentle as you say!

[@jackhaggerty1066]

This edition of Ring is indeed beautiful as are the other books on natural history reissued by Little Toller.
It is a pity that the envoi poem is not credited to Louis MacNeice : Maxwell wrote to MacNeice who immediately let him use it.
Little Toller reissued *In Pursuit of Spring* by Edward Thomas : PJ Kavanagh wrote a poem titled *Edward Thomas in Heaven* .
Unfortunately it is not one of five poems which Kavanagh recorded online at Poetry Archive. Glad I discovered your vlog.

[@emilyrhodeswriter]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Jack. I too love the Little Toller books - beautifully produced, and such wonderful titles.