Living surrounded by forest is the great illusion of many urbanites, those who every Friday wake up with the tingling promise of green and quickly fill the motorways to leave the city like someone fleeing the plague.
Not surprisingly. Fresh air, starry skies, birdsong, plants in the garden, the fireplace, relaxing swims in the pool, Scrabble afternoons, long, leisurely walks in the woods... Until Sunday rolls around and you have to turn off the gas, pull down the blinds and resign yourself to spending the next 5 days longing for the promise of green. Or not.
