How the harmless wanderer in the woods became a mortal enemy
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Wealth itself can be a source of deprivation, when property paranoia
makes us hate each other
George Monbiot
Tuesday January 31, 2006
The Guardian
A few days ago, after a furious argument, I was thrown out of a wood
where I have walked for more than 20 years. I must admit that I did not
behave very well. As I walked away I did something I haven't done for a
long time: I gave the gamekeeper a one-fingered salute. In my defence,
I would plead that I was overcome with unhappiness and anger.
The time I have spent in that wood must amount to months. Every autumn
I would spend days there, watching the turning colours or grubbing for
mushrooms and beechmast and knapped flints. In the summer I would look
for warblers and redstarts. I saw a nightjar there once. It is one of
the few peaceful and beautiful places in my part of the world that's
within a couple of miles of a station: I could escape from the traffic
without the help of a car. Part of me, I feel, belongs there. Or it
did.
George Monbiot
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