Nick Hunt has walked and written across much of Europe. In this talk, he takes us on a journey through four European landscapes that seemingly should not be there: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; primeval forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only desert in Spain; and the vast grassland steppes of Hungary. Each of these landscapes is a portal to faraway parts of the world, to cultures and times that are not our own. The walks become a journey not only through deep time, but into our uncertain future.

Nick is the author of three travel books – ‘Outlandish,’ ‘Where the Wild Winds Are’ and ‘Walking the Woods and the Water’ – and a work of gonzo ornithology, ‘The Parakeeting of London’.

For more about Nick, visit his website.

European Bison

A harsh landscape

Putting on a show