On the transportive powers of walking near water, whether it's urban or rural... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Walking the Dodder, by Kevin McDermott above.
There is walking and then there is walking beside the flowing water of a river.
I find myself, like the poet and short-story writer, Raymond Carver, drawn to rivers. "It pleases me," he wrote, "loving rivers. / Loving them all the way back to their source. / Loving everything that increases me."
What is it about flowing water that fascinates us? I'm not sure, but I am sure that I am fortunate in living close to the River Dodder...
Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.
