Walking Event
Matt Gaw: In All Weathers – A Journey Through Rain, Fog, Wind, Ice and Everything in Between
“A beautiful book, a shimmer of unexpected ways of seeing
and experiencing the world, shining with detailed insight
and attentive understanding... these are explorations to delight every walker and refresh any reader.”
Join Matt Gaw for an hour's walk and talk around the lovely leafy grounds of Hatchlands Park, where he will be talking about his latest book In All Weathers where he explores the science, language, folklore, cultural history and psychology of weather.
Matt reflects on how, as a nation, we tended to deem our weather as simply ‘good’ (sunny) or ‘bad’ (anything else), and our discussions and, even more importantly, our likelihood of venturing outside were governed by that simplistic judgement.
But in a landmass where annual sunshine averages about 1300 hours (just 54 days) that is a long time to be miserably cooped up indoors and with climate change, those 54 days of sunshine can now bring uncomfortable and extreme heat.
“One of the most inspiring of our young nature writers”
About the author
Matt Gaw is a writer, journalist and English teacher who lives in Bury St Edmunds, and is the author of the acclaimed The Pull of the River: A Journey Into The Wild And Watery Heart of Britain and Under the Stars: A Journey Into Light. His journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times and Countryfile Magazine.
