Willow Island Editions
Richard Bell's walks, local history, natural history and sketchbooks from Yorkshire and the Peak District.
Current titles
All Sorts of Walks in Liquorice Country
Walks in Robin Hood's Yorkshire
Walks around Horbury
Walks around Newmillerdam
Walks around Ossett
Around Old Horbury
Around Old Ossett
Sandal Castle
Thornes Park
Waterton's Park
Coxley Valley
Malham Magic
High Peak Drifter
Rough Patch
Drawing on Reserves
The Normanton Chronicles
Wakefield Words
Yorkshire Rock (published by the British Geological Survey)
Rough Patch
The Wilder Side of the Garden
'Richard Bell could be another David Attenborough, with his tales of astonishing plants and carefully observed wildlife – except that he never gets beyond his own garden fence.'
Terry Fletcher, Dalesman
At this time of year my Rough Patch, a back garden nature reserve with veg beds in the centre, is at its best, as the hawthorn hedge bursts into leaf. It's been a good year for the frogs, the blackbirds are busy and house sparrows have just ousted the blue tits from the nestbox by the back door. My Rough Patch sketchbook tells the story so far.
'full of lively incidents and observations, not to mention a couple of poems, recipes and children’s drawings. We meet all kinds of creatures from the garden, from moths to bats, bees to newts, and even look up at the stars.'
Country Smallholding
Paperback, 160 pages, black and white and colour, size A5 210 x 148 mm
ISBN 1-902467-15-9
£6.99 (post free in the U.K.)
Rough Patch, air mail
For air mail postage further afield (such as the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand):
Price including Standard Air Mail postage: £15.00 (£6.99 + £8.01 towards postage)
Out of Print
Links
Wild West Yorkshire blog
Wild West Yorkshire nature diary now in its 26th year!