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Fennel Hudson

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.fennelspriory.com

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Fennelspriory

Genre

Nonfiction, Sports, Memoir

Influences

Roger Deakin, BB, Bernard Venables, Richard Louv, Richard Mabey, Rober ...more

Member Since

June 2015

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I'm a lifestyle and countryside author known for my Fennel's Journal books, Contented Countryman podcast, Fennel on Friday weekly blog, and Fennel's Priory website.

I write about nature connection, wildlife, rural living, outdoors, escapism, adventure, traditionalism, one's sense of self, and how time spent in quiet natural places helps us to balance the pressures of modern life.

My motto is 'Stop – Unplug – Escape – Enjoy'. ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 53 ratings · 13 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traditional Angling: Fennel's Journal No. 6 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Waterside Year: Fennel's Journal No. 2 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fine Things: Fennel's Journal No. 8 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Carp: Fennel's Journal No. 4 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gardener's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 9 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Fields: Fennel's Journal No. 7 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Those Who Know - Fennel's Journal - No. 10 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: december, season, winter, year

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“By the time you read this letter, these words will be those of the past. The me of now is gone.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

tags: handwritten, letter, letter-writing

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“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: may, nature, season, spring

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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

tags: authors, creative-process, struggle, writers, writing

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“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.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: escape, freedom, life, stress

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“Real life is to be found in natural things that have meaning.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: meaningfulness, nature, wildlife

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“The real world, in my opinion, exists in the countryside, where Nature goes about her quiet business and brings us greatest pleasure.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: countryside, freedom, nature, wildlife

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“Recent generations seem to consider ‘old-fashioned’ thinking as out-dated and without place in the modern world. I beg to differ. After all, who has greater faith? He who looks to and learns from the past, or the man who cares not for consequence?”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

tags: faith, modern, old-fashioned, past, traditional, vintage

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