Interrupted Journeys
Badgers and Other Roadside Distractions
$35.64
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2025
Summary
‘Remarkable … tender, direct and clear-sighted’ TLS
When Adrian Potter retires from a life of teaching in West Yorkshire, his interests turn to a local badger group. He takes over the ‘Badger Phone’, which he comes to realise is something of a hot potato. He is inundated with calls: reports of sightings, requests for advice about feeding, complaints about badgers digging up lawns. Adrian, reborn as the ‘Badger Man’, travels West Yorkshire with two other enthusi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399822404 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399822403 |
| Author: | Adrian Potter |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Tells the story of [an] unconventional retirement … [and] the toll our cars are taking on wildlife * Sunday Times *
Details his close encounters with West Yorkshire’s wild animals, exploring their largely hidden lives * Yorkshire Post *
Unique * BBC News *
Vivid storytelling * Yorkshire Living *
A book that is remarkable, and all the more potent, for its diffidence. This is not an account of Potter’s humanocentric feelings about his new role as much as a book about all the wild things he loves … tender, direct and clear-sighted. This is the result of an author presenting his difficult subject with the utmost care, and leaving himself out of the story * TLS *
About The Author
Adrian Potter
Adrian Potter is a retired teacher who lives in West Yorkshire. This is his first book.
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