How Elizabeth Le Geyt connected us to nature

It was the summer of 2012. I had grown to love reading Elizabeth Le Geyt’s bird columns, and sometimes she inspired me to write down my “bird” experiences. I should say that I was not a “birder” as such, just a lonely long-distance runner who would frequently find himself in the company of our flying friends. In particular, another loner, the heron.
So it was that before dawn that Saturday in July, I revved up the engines in my legs for close to 30 kilometres up the