Before I get to the updates for this, the seventh week I had stayed out in the oak woods of western Scotland back in 2010, I want you to consider the following question:
What were you doing on September the 14th this year?
How long ago does that feel to you? Perhaps, like here today in this corner of France, it feels a long time ago indeed, as rain and winter blanket all.
Now, consider how you would be feeling if you too had spent all that time alone, out in nature? Seems a long time, right? And I still had weeks to go.