Here Be Trees

AND SO THE SILVAN ADVENTURE BEGINS

Dec 06, 2025

I should provide a warning to the faint-hearted. This is wild, untamed territory where humans lack knowledge, control and influence, featuring trees and nature with remarkable excess.

The creation

I’ve been blogging since 2010, but my website today has become a space mainly to promote my published books and photography projects. I’ve been wondering about taking this tentative step for some time, hesitating with a foot just outside the forest gate, yet now at last the time seems right. You see, I’m chasing a dream as it bounds into the trees, cutting through shards of brilliant light, disturbing a slumbering woodcock in a whirlwind of leaves and feathers. My pen is drawn, the tension trembling, as I become the arrow, aiming for the heart of the subject matter. Yes, it’s true, I am unleashing my full creative self, immersing myself in environmental fiction, soaking my weary limbs practicing shinrin yoku while sharing my love of trees with the world.

Don’t be trepidatious, I will be your guide

Care to join me on this silvan foray? I invite you to boot-up, and get in step as we begin our journey together. After all, I’d appreciate your company, your camaraderie and encouragement.

I will be sharing an extensive catalogue of creative writing from my published books, including short stories, serialised full novels and more. Paid subscribers will have access to it all.

That’s not all. I am embarking on a new novel, which I will be sharing in regular instalments, right here, among the sunny glade of Substack.

What to expect

If you have a fear of trees, then this is not the space for you. On the other hand, if you hold a little appreciation in your heart for the life they give you and me, then this might just be your perfect natural haven in a frantic world.

I’ll be posting regularly, probably weekly, once I get into my stride. Free Subscribers will be able to enjoy extracts, short pieces and occasional news. Paid Subscribers will receive: