I have been back from my travels for a week now, the dust settling on so many inspiring experiences in remarkable countries.  I have spent two months travelling through the Netherlands and the southern half of Norway as part of a Churchill Fellowship to understand how to enable nature connections for older people, particularly those with care needs.  The long journey home via ferry and train gave me chance to reflect on what I had observed about people’s relationship with nature, in a country where nature is a huge presence in every sense. (more…)