Mark’s most recent Sunday Book Review has him stroling down by the Cornish sea-side (in his imagination, of course), having a look at the superb rock pools to be found there containing many fascinating forms of life – each with its own story – being guided by Cornwall’s own rock pooler par excellence: Heather Buttivant.
To anyone who has ever stumbled across one while strolling through a woodland, vernal pools seem to border right on the edge of magical. Disconnected as they are from other water sources, there’s something so remarkably serene about them that they almost beggar belief. And when the dappled light filtering through the trees is added to the experience, one wouldn’t be entirely surprised should one of the faerie folk suddenly appear out of the greenery just across the pond.