'I have travelled more than three hundred miles since finishing my bowl of porridge. I sit at my window, attentive to the journey.'

In his sixth book, singlehanded sailor Roger Taylor stays ashore and turns his gaze towards the rugged Scottish landscape and rich wildlife visible through his loch-side window. Written as a kind of cosmic travelogue, the book reconciles the bleakness and beauty of the human condition.

Praise for Taylor's previous books:

'One of the best sailing writers on the planet.' - Yachting Monthly

'The best-balanced writer you will ever read.' - Yachting World

'The best-written accounts of seagoing under sail I have read in many a year' - Sailing Today

'A marvellous book of the sea' - Sea Breezes