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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.
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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The winners are:
Willowcat
Asrats
Jessamybride
I love early Autumn the best – before the clocks go back – there is beautiful morning light on the changing coloured leaves.
I love Spring when the days get longer & colours start to appear again.
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.
I love the colours of Autumn and the change in the air – the smell of garden bonfires the leaves and the Harvest
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.
Spring is the season I enjoy the most because it is so full of hope for new beginnings.
I love the autumn best because of the beautiful colours
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!
I love Spring as it means winter is over and summer is on its way.
i love summer as it makes me happy being able to spend so much time out doors.
I like spring. I like the flowers
I love Autumn, I love walking through the woods as the trees change. and the cooler days
I love autumn as the colour changes are spectacular and I can spend half term with my sons!
Autumn love the change in the scenery and the freshness of the air
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
I enjoy the summer! only time of the year my bones don’t seem cold.
I love summer. It just brings a smile on everyone’s faces and the colours of summer are so vibrant.
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!
I love the Autumn, the colours in the leaves, swishing though piles of leaves, collecting conkers and snuggling at night
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.
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.
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.
My favourite season is Autumn, the colours are sensational, the crisp leaves underfoot, even the smells are comforting snuggling up together just perfect!
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.
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!
My favourite season is Summer – long, sometimes warm, days spent outside in woods, by the coast, in the countryside.
I love Autumn the most, not too hot, not too cold, plus kicking leaves, and getting cosy!
I enjoy autumn for all its glorious colours and because it is a good time to take stock of the year so far.
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.
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.
I love Spring the most. After a long, dark winter it’s so refreshing to notice extra daylight and buds on trees.
I love summer as I love the warm sunshine
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.
winter, its lovely to go for cold crisp walks, and then enjoy the fire in the front room
Spring. I don’t like the winter – too cold. Summer can be too hot.
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
Summer, though perhaps the grass is always greener… in October I yearn for summer.
Summer, love to chill in the summer sun 🙂
Summer,so I can top up my sun tan
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!
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.
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!
I love spring the most, The first warm season after a cold winter boasts, An augury of brighter days, And sunnier, relaxing, balmy ways.
Spring, everything is beginning to grow and spring blossom, lambs and birds, flowers and bee’s are around.
Spring with all the fresh growth and blossom
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.
Winter, love cold crisp days.
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.
Summer – love sunshine!
Summer is my favourite season, I live in the North West so its always wet and windy – but less so in the summer!
Autumn because I like the colours of the leaves
Summer because the weather is warmer and the days longer so I can do more.
I love the summer – good weather to be outside to exercise and be with family and friends
I love Spring, particularly May when everything is bursting into life & the days are getting longer.
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
I love summer. Sitting in the garden with a book, feeling the sun on my skin. Bliss!
I really love Summer because it is warm enough to spend all day outside enjoying the beauty of nature.
I really love Summer because it is warm enough to spend all day outside enjoying the beauty of nature
I love the spring with new love and hope.
I also love the colours and harvest of autumn!
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.
I love Autumn, the colour of the trees are amazing
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!
Hello, my favourite season is Summer. I love seeing all the flowers blooming.
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.
Autumn is my favourite season – all my favourite colours are glowing on the trees and in the hedgerows
Spring – when everything in the garden starts to come to life, the days get lighter and longer and, hopefully, warmer.
Winter has always been my favourite season- so dramatic.
I enjoy summer, long warm evenings to relax in my garden after taking my grandkids to play on the beach.
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! ⚘☀️
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!
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!
I love all the colours of Autumn and walking my dog in the woods x
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.