​Zen and the Art of Seeking Out The UK’s Butterfly Species – Part 1

According to what you can easily find on Google, “Zen” is described as a state of calm attentiveness in which one’s actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort. You could surely describe the best motorcycling experiences in this way, a state that I’ve found is certainly attainable by riding stunning roads such as… Continue reading ​Zen and the Art of Seeking Out The UK’s Butterfly Species – Part 1


Zen and the Art of Seeking Out The UK’s Butterfly Species – Part 2

Part Two – Reaching The Zenith To explain what might seem like a baffling choice of title, I thought it worth partially repeatingmy introduction from “Part One” of this feature (published in the previous edition of the Butterfly Conservation Cumbria Branch Spring Newsletter 2022),where I described “Zen” as a state of calm attentiveness in which… Continue reading Zen and the Art of Seeking Out The UK’s Butterfly Species – Part 2