'While working in the Jura on a book on the landscape of France, I was subjected to five days of relentless rain and, in some despair, I reluctantly chose to...
"While working in the Jura on a book on the landscape of France, I was subjected to five days of relentless rain and, in some despair, I reluctantly chose to abandon everything and at dawn the following day set off to return to England.
Within ten minutes of driving, I noticed a glimmer of eastern amber light.
Two minutes later I was presented with one of the most heavenly landscapes I have ever seen."