IN MY VIEW

IT sounds like Angus is enjoying his life very much.

He’s a pilgrim in the wild and I’m very happy for him.

Ontario is a beautiful part of the world.

I’m also very happy I’ve been able to encourage him to take those steps – it’s wonderful.

With survival skills, the more you learn, the more you realise you don’t know. It encourages humility. You’re working with nature and nature’s raw power. You are always a student.

As a Scout leader he’s passing his enthusiasm on to future generations and enabling them to understand nature in a more intrinsic and closer way.

He’s passing on skills and enthusiasm for something that’s very special.

It’s something that binds us very closely to the natural world.

When he’s floating on his canoe, he’s floating on a variety of things.

The canoe itself is made from natural materials.

Those, combined with the wisdom of the native people who invented that canoe, are allowing him to float on the water. He’s literally able to travel across the water on top of a knowledge of bushcraft which is a combination of human understanding of nature and natural resources.

I’m very pleased for him, I think it’s great.