Where the wild things are: exploring the outdoors together as father and son
by Simon Barnes from on (#J48P)
Simon Barnes spent a whole month with his son Eddie, 14, discovering the simple joys of the outdoors
The river had us under its spell. We paddled the canoe at the perfect pootling pace, snug to the bank. Song of sedge warbler among the reeds, insects crowded together on the inside of the bends where the water - always gentle on the Waveney - runs slowest. Eddie and I moved upriver making little sound.
Three weeks later, Eddie and I recalled the trip. I asked him what we had seen. "Dragonflies!" Yes, indeed. And what were the especially pretty insects we saw on the inside of the bends? "Banded demoiselles!"
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