Down through the centuries there has been a steadfast fidelity between these two lovers.
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This is an affair of wood and rock, a deep intimacy of the most natural kind.
Neither asks anything of the other, it is a union of giving and one rooted deep within the earth.
Photo: Oak and boulder at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.
About Neil Hill
Neil Hill is one of Europe’s top outdoor, wilderness and survival coaches. He believes that our modern disconnect from nature has led to many of our personal, physical and social problems. He has led courses into some of the worlds most hostile and wild environments. His passion is to reconnect people with their aboriginal roots in nature, enabling them to have adventures and experiences that unlock their massive potential, Neil is the founder of Rewilding Bushcraft.
I’m going to say something here that may or may not be taken wrong, but if you are a man and you are not at least somewhat in touch with nature, never go out in the woods, never watch a sunset and revel about a mush simpler time, your childhood, the things that are important, or just plain old reflect, you are ripping yourself off, and you are ripping your masculinity off. When Henry David Thoreau penned, “In wildness is the preservation of the world” he was either being abstract or remiss, as it is also the salvation of the… Read more »
I’m going to say something here that may or may not be taken wrong, but if you are a man and you are not at least somewhat in touch with nature, never go out in the woods, never watch a sunset and revel about a mush simpler time, your childhood, the things that are important, or just plain old reflect, you are ripping yourself off, and you are ripping your masculinity off. When Henry David Thoreau penned, “In wildness is the preservation of the world” he was either being abstract or remiss, as it is also the salvation of the… Read more »