Burn

Ben’s story resonates with me on a visceral level. Our disconnect with nature is making us sick. Suffering from crippling anxiety he takes the terrifying and brave decision to leave his life and job in London to pursue a more down to earth existence. This transition is neither easy, nor idyllic, but......more

I really enjoyed this book. I do not usually write reviews as I get worried I haven’t written the right thing 🤣 however this is the first one I want to start with. Ben has written a book that calls to so many of us, if not all of us with the overwhelm of contemporary society and the toll it can take......more

This is a very fine book. It’s evocation of life lived immersed in the woodland traditions of southern England reads like a modern Laurie Lee. Deserves to be as successful as “English pastoral” The journey from mental health crisis and a metropolitan London professional life to off grid woodsman is......more

An interesting and honest account of a life transformed through a brave decision to give up the humdrum and comfort of urban city life to pursue a hard but fulfilling life as a woodsman. Something I'm sure many fantasise of doing, but few actually do. I felt he gave a transparent and open account of......more

So much to savour in this book from the precision of the prose to the celebration of the fringes. Land needs space just as humans do. I loved this book but gave four stars for the uncomfortable scene in the pub and the physical description of the one female member of the bellringing group. I despera......more