Sara Maitland takes us on a series of walks through forests and woodland (yes, there's a difference) interspersed with modern reinterpretations of classic fairy tales. The latter reminds that all fairy tales are adapted and changed for their age from Grimms onwards. Nice evocation of the effect of place and awareness of the environment on story telling and myth making. The forests are from all over the UK with particular emphasis on Scotland and the Scots/English border. The fairy tales, though, still seem Tuetonic and evocative of the Black Forest. Therein lies our common heritage and with a sprinkling of Disney it has become global and universal.
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