Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

Our exile in NW1

We are stuck in London until Kenyan airspace reopens

We go for walks in Regent’s Park and head for the zoo where we can hear lions and tigers roaring. Credit: cirano83 
issue 11 April 2020

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The sweetest sound to me now is the dawn chorus of birdsong at home on the farm. I lay awake in bed and listened, as a light rain fell on the coconut thatch above me. When I walked out into the garden the three dogs burst out of the house to go off exploring.

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