Fennel Hudson

I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman__ noose.

Cherish the moment and the time in which you live.

Identity and self-belief: a courage that swells from within, borne of waters drunk deeply.

The ever-increasing weight of responsibilities that enmeshes our lives keeps us locked into the system. We become the pulse that keeps the beast alive, but the cost is our own lives. The natural world around us shrinks, crushed beneath the suffocating might of work.

Stop _ Unplug _ Escape _ Enjoy._ This is the message of the Priory, and the key to enjoying a peaceful and rewarding life.

It is possible to escape the complexities, challenges and pace of modern life. All we have to do is close our eyes and picture a quiet world where time moves slowly.

Isolation serves as the ideal antidote to the bone-aching stresses of work.

The speed of modern life is an oppressive thing, and the corporate world is quick to punish those with an honest heart.

It is the quietening of the day that most appeals.

You have to feel the bite of the wind to appreciate the warmth of a winter coat.

December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.

Sounds simple, doesn__ it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it__ not as simple as it seems.

There comes a time in one__ life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have.

Satnav will get us quickly and all-too-predictably from A to B, but the path of life is more interesting when we__e allowed to explore the side streets.

If I can__ garden in it, then I won__ wear it.

Lake water, even when boiled, has an effect on my digestive system similar to the movement of a hangman__ trapdoor.

One cannot help but identify with the life-giving quality of water, not just to quench our thirst, but for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

As an angler and a gardener, I cherish each drop of rain that falls.