Did I tell you that my favourite animal is the snow leopard?
And that I am now a joint sponsor of a Himalayan snow leopard, a gift from my daughter.
As part of the Worl Wildlife Fund deal, you get a small cuddly snow leopard.
I've called him Snowy, and the picture is of Snowy and Smudge.
Thirty odd years ago I read Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, and ever since have been Snow Leopard daft!
It is a wise, self-revealing and brilliantly descriptive account of his journey to Nepal to try to see the Snow Leopard in its native habitat. It is travel book, autobiography, journal, and in the most serious sense, a self-help book - his journey was in the aftermath of the death of his wife. On a five week epic trek, he is genuinely on a journey, unlike the overused sentimental metaphor of journeying glibly claimed by Easyjet pilgrims.
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