As this Monday is a bank holiday in the UK, it’s not particularly surprising that Mark Avery’s thoughts this weekend would be filled with ideas of holiday weekends past and holiday weekends to come.

And as holiday weekends go, I – for one, and I’m confident that Mark for another – would say that hopping about Europe each weekend for a year is a pretty appealing idea indeed! And if a guidebook is needed for inspiration, Mark seems to have found just the right one: James Lowen’s “52 European Wildlife Weekends.”