Stephen Ford

Stephen Ford is Walks Secretary for the Surrey branch of the Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA), whose membership relishes longer distance treks at a brisk pace over challenging terrain. The son of a geologist, he had a varied and nomadic childhood in Africa and the Middle East. From childhood, Stephen has been inspired by wild places, mountains, rivers and forests, places where nature reigns, not people. Now, inspired to write, Stephen explores these themes: What is nature? Is nature alive? What is life? What distinguishes a human from an animal? Do people have spirits? If people have spirits, then perhaps animals do too? Can spirits exist also in inanimate entities, rivers, trees, mountains, valleys?