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GIVEAWAY! – 3 copies of WINTERING: A SEASON WITH GEESE

18th October 2020

We are delighted to offer you 3 copies of Wintering: A Season with Geese by Stephen Rutt, set across the UK.

3 copies of WINTERING: A SEASON WITH GEESE

The arrival of huge flocks of geese in the UK is one of the most evocative and powerful harbingers of winter; a vast natural phenomenon to capture the imagination. So Stephen Rutt found when he moved to Dumfries one autumn, coinciding with the migration of thousands of pink-footed geese who spend their winter in the Firth. Thus began an extraordinary odyssey.

From his new surroundings in the north to the wide open spaces of his childhood home in the south, Stephen traces the lives and habits of the most common species of goose in the UK and explores the place they have in our culture, our history and, occasionally, on our festive table.

Wintering takes you on a vivid tour of the inbetween landscapes the geese inhabit, celebrating the short days, varied weathers and long nights of the season during which we share our home with these large, startling, garrulous and cooperative birds.

This is such a beautiful and thoughtful book!

HOW TO ENTER

  • In order to enter you must be a member of TripFiction (we do check and recently people have missed out on winning for that reason!). Go to www.tripfiction.com and scroll down and click on the “Join Now” tab. It’s really easy!
  • Tell us which season of the year you enjoy most and why! Do so in the COMMENTS below by midnight, 31 October and the first three names out of the hat will be sent copies of the book. THIS IS A UK ONLY GIVEAWAY.

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  1. User: Tina Hartas

    Posted on: 05/11/2020 at 10:17 am

    The winners are:

    Willowcat
    Asrats
    Jessamybride

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  2. User: lowie789

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 10:41 pm

    I love early Autumn the best – before the clocks go back – there is beautiful morning light on the changing coloured leaves.

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  3. User: Joan Hewes

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 3:42 pm

    I love Spring when the days get longer & colours start to appear again.

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  4. User: Erica Field

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 3:32 pm

    Christmas- because it’s a holiday about faith and family. As an adoptive parent it is a privilege to spend my Christmas with our children.

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  5. User: jessamybride

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 1:53 pm

    I love the colours of Autumn and the change in the air – the smell of garden bonfires the leaves and the Harvest

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  6. I love Autumn because I love to see the leaves in our garden change. It’s amazing how the different trees all just know!
    Also we’ve been watching the geese fly over us which is why I wanted to win this book.

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  7. User: Asrats

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 11:36 am

    Spring is the season I enjoy the most because it is so full of hope for new beginnings.

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  8. User: Sarandy

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 10:47 am

    I love the autumn best because of the beautiful colours

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  9. User: Sarandy

    Posted on: 31/10/2020 at 10:46 am

    Spending time with my husband at home. Before lockdown we were always so busy so if anything good has come out of this years it’s learning to appreciate the little things because in the end thatS what matters!

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  10. User: Fiona jk42

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 10:41 pm

    I love Spring as it means winter is over and summer is on its way.

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  11. User: Jennie Stallard

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 9:39 pm

    i love summer as it makes me happy being able to spend so much time out doors.

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  12. User: Amy Stevens

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 8:04 pm

    I like spring. I like the flowers

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  13. User: mrspale

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 7:58 pm

    I love Autumn, I love walking through the woods as the trees change. and the cooler days

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  14. User: MrsV

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 10:53 am

    I love autumn as the colour changes are spectacular and I can spend half term with my sons!

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  15. User: comperoo

    Posted on: 30/10/2020 at 9:48 am

    Autumn love the change in the scenery and the freshness of the air

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  16. User: Maddy

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 11:33 pm

    I love the Autumn, especially those bright, crisp days where it’s dry enough for long walks in the wood. Makes me feel so alive, guess that’s why

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  17. User: claire little

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 9:50 pm

    I enjoy the summer! only time of the year my bones don’t seem cold.

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  18. User: pyramidblaster

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 9:08 pm

    I love summer. It just brings a smile on everyone’s faces and the colours of summer are so vibrant.

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  19. User: Suzanne Ashton

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 6:44 pm

    Summer is my favourite season. My birthday is in July, I love warm days, bees buzzing, birds tweeting and flowers in full bloom. I hate being cold, I would quite happily hibernate for the winter, apart from Christmas week!

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  20. User: Alison

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 5:49 pm

    I love the Autumn, the colours in the leaves, swishing though piles of leaves, collecting conkers and snuggling at night

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  21. User: Sarah

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 5:01 pm

    Autumn
    I love the slowly drawing in of the nights, the lighting of the fire, snuggling up under blankets with a hot chocolate and a good book. I love walking my dog in the woods when the trees look their most beautiful and the leaves have turned orange.

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  22. User: Chilledout

    Posted on: 29/10/2020 at 8:29 am

    I love spring, coming out of the darkness of the winter. New shoots everywhere, bulbs popping up, daily changes to the landscape and bees buzzing and birds nesting.

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  23. User: willowcat

    Posted on: 28/10/2020 at 9:32 pm

    I like Spring best because I can get back out on my allotment and start planting. It is also a good time for bird watching which is one of my hobbies.

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  24. User: TRACEY BLAINE

    Posted on: 28/10/2020 at 5:06 pm

    My favourite season is Autumn, the colours are sensational, the crisp leaves underfoot, even the smells are comforting snuggling up together just perfect!

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  25. User: Gill Williams

    Posted on: 28/10/2020 at 7:52 am

    I enjoy Spring the most. I love being outside in the sunshine after a depressing winter. I can’t wait to get my hiking shoes on and set out on an adventure and make lots of memories.

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  26. User: Claire Davies

    Posted on: 27/10/2020 at 9:00 am

    Autumn! I love the crisp mornings, I love the changing colours of the trees and the leaves on the ground rustling in the wind. I love cosy nights in front of the fire all nice and warm 🙂 Love Autumn!

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  27. User: Tracey Beck

    Posted on: 27/10/2020 at 7:04 am

    My favourite season is Summer – long, sometimes warm, days spent outside in woods, by the coast, in the countryside.

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  28. User: Rich Tyler

    Posted on: 26/10/2020 at 8:24 pm

    I love Autumn the most, not too hot, not too cold, plus kicking leaves, and getting cosy!

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  29. User: halcyondaysnow

    Posted on: 26/10/2020 at 4:48 pm

    I enjoy autumn for all its glorious colours and because it is a good time to take stock of the year so far.

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  30. User: Becks44

    Posted on: 26/10/2020 at 1:19 pm

    I love Spring the best becaus everything comes to life, our garden becomes really colourful, our garden gets really busy with all of the different nests being built, our frogs return home to their pond and the nights get lighter.

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  31. User: Becky Cornes

    Posted on: 26/10/2020 at 1:16 pm

    I love Spring the best because everything comes to life, our garden becomes colourful and busy, with all of the different birds nesting, our frogs return home and the nights get lighter.

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  32. User: Breeze81

    Posted on: 26/10/2020 at 11:22 am

    I love Spring the most. After a long, dark winter it’s so refreshing to notice extra daylight and buds on trees.

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  33. User: Annabel Greaves

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 7:40 pm

    I love summer as I love the warm sunshine

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  34. User: yoeydavis

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 7:37 pm

    I like January and February. January is when all the mania of xmas is over and you feel happy with the new start a new year can bring. February is the month of my birthday when, some years we get snow which I enjoy.

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  35. User: tinatwo72

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 6:15 pm

    winter, its lovely to go for cold crisp walks, and then enjoy the fire in the front room

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  36. User: claire woods

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 5:45 pm

    Spring. I don’t like the winter – too cold. Summer can be too hot.

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  37. User: bobistheboss

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 5:28 pm

    I love the Autumn. Looking forward to long woodland walks with the trees changing colour, hopefully some snow and ice for Christmas, log fires and family – perfect

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  38. User: Tess P

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 4:45 pm

    Summer, though perhaps the grass is always greener… in October I yearn for summer.

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  39. User: Aesop58

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 3:41 pm

    Summer, love to chill in the summer sun 🙂

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  40. User: Angela Wood

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 9:43 am

    Summer,so I can top up my sun tan

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  41. User: Adrian

    Posted on: 24/10/2020 at 1:14 am

    Summer is my favourite season.

    I’m not a huge fan of heat, but at least the weather is nice, it’s holiday season and BBQs a plenty!

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  42. User: Heather Norrington

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 9:52 pm

    I love my Autumn birthday and remember the excitement of the first day back at school after the summer break. I love all the events – Halloween, Harvest Festival, Bonfire Night – and the unexpected joy of warm September days.

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  43. User: Emma Harvey

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 7:18 pm

    It’s a really hard choice, there is something about all the seasons that I love! But as we’re in autumn, I’ll go with that at the moment. I love all the autumnal colours and the smell of bonfire on the air!

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  44. User: ARodwell75

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 6:28 pm

    I love spring the most, The first warm season after a cold winter boasts, An augury of brighter days, And sunnier, relaxing, balmy ways.

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  45. User: lakes

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 5:17 pm

    Spring, everything is beginning to grow and spring blossom, lambs and birds, flowers and bee’s are around.

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  46. User: Sheena Batey

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 4:57 pm

    Spring with all the fresh growth and blossom

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  47. User: irene cox

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 4:04 pm

    i love spring the season of hope as nature wakes from its winter resting. Gardens and countryside cheerIng us up with it’s silent rebirth.

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  48. User: Lynn Dibb

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 2:06 pm

    Winter, love cold crisp days.

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  49. User: Roger Stanley

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 12:45 pm

    Autumn is my favourite season – Everywhere you look, is beautiful. Trees changing into colors of red, orange, and yellow. The views of this time of year are so magical.

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  50. User: rmjohns2

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 12:27 pm

    Summer – love sunshine!

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  51. User: Jessica Jacob

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 10:58 am

    Summer is my favourite season, I live in the North West so its always wet and windy – but less so in the summer!

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  52. User: Annette Oliver

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 10:31 am

    Autumn because I like the colours of the leaves

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  53. User: Quod

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 9:11 am

    Summer because the weather is warmer and the days longer so I can do more.

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  54. User: Sarah Parker

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 5:35 am

    I love the summer – good weather to be outside to exercise and be with family and friends

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  55. User: alaine

    Posted on: 23/10/2020 at 1:19 am

    I love Spring, particularly May when everything is bursting into life & the days are getting longer.

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  56. User: Laura

    Posted on: 22/10/2020 at 10:25 pm

    I enjoy autumn the most as the nights are getting shorter and you start making the house all cosy for winter and start making comfort food

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  57. User: redfox5

    Posted on: 22/10/2020 at 10:08 pm

    I love summer. Sitting in the garden with a book, feeling the sun on my skin. Bliss!

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  58. User: jackier333

    Posted on: 22/10/2020 at 7:04 pm

    I really love Summer because it is warm enough to spend all day outside enjoying the beauty of nature.

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  59. User: jackie rushton

    Posted on: 22/10/2020 at 7:03 pm

    I really love Summer because it is warm enough to spend all day outside enjoying the beauty of nature

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  60. User: Pengwen

    Posted on: 21/10/2020 at 9:16 pm

    I love the spring with new love and hope.
    I also love the colours and harvest of autumn!

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  61. User: Sara Ainsworth

    Posted on: 21/10/2020 at 7:33 pm

    I love the change in seasons but one that I really do enjoy is autumn and all of the beautiful colours of nature and starting to wrap up all cosy in the chilly weather.

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  62. User: claire Thorpe

    Posted on: 21/10/2020 at 8:30 am

    I love Autumn, the colour of the trees are amazing

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  63. User: StephMWard

    Posted on: 20/10/2020 at 10:44 am

    I love all the seasons and the changes between them, but if I have to pick one, I’d have to choose…

    SUMMER — for the sun, the warmth and the peaches.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  64. User: I like reading

    Posted on: 19/10/2020 at 8:05 pm

    Hello, my favourite season is Summer. I love seeing all the flowers blooming.

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  65. User: Lisa

    Posted on: 19/10/2020 at 1:03 pm

    I love spring – the season of growth and new life. I particularly like seeing newborn lambs prancing around the fields in and around my village.

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  66. User: lapsapchung

    Posted on: 19/10/2020 at 7:43 am

    Autumn is my favourite season – all my favourite colours are glowing on the trees and in the hedgerows

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  67. User: philatel

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 11:19 pm

    Spring – when everything in the garden starts to come to life, the days get lighter and longer and, hopefully, warmer.

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  68. User: Helen Marshall

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 10:36 pm

    Winter has always been my favourite season- so dramatic.

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  69. User: Leah Tonna

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 9:38 pm

    I enjoy summer, long warm evenings to relax in my garden after taking my grandkids to play on the beach.

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  70. User: Claire Harris

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 7:16 pm

    Spring is my most favourite season of the year, maybe because I was a Spring baby!
    I love to see all the flowers re-emerging from the earth, the snowdrops, crocuses, hyacinths, followed by the daffodils (my favourites), tulips and primroses.
    The leaf buds emerging on the trees, the birds livening up & starting to think about nesting, the lengthening, sunnier days….what’s not to like! ⚘☀️

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  71. User: readerofbooks

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 6:43 pm

    I love bundling up in the winter but it’s the spring that makes me really happy with seeing all the new growth in the garden!

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  72. User: Rachel Hall

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 5:44 pm

    Crispy leaves underfoot as you walk along and a drop in temperature make autumn my favourite season. It’s still warm enough to be outside but the slight chill in the air is invigorating and then you can go home and snuggle under a blanket and watch the natura, world from inside with a hot chocolate!

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  73. User: Janine

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 5:38 pm

    I love all the colours of Autumn and walking my dog in the woods x

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  74. User: Susan Gilley

    Posted on: 18/10/2020 at 5:27 pm

    Wintering
    My favourite season is Spring. I love the optimism of the season. The gradually lengthening days with the accompanying warmth. The thought of the lovely flowers and blossoms to come.

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