Colin Willock

[Catfish.017]

I wonder has anyone read Colin Willocks book" Landscape with Figure"

[Troydog]

The name rings a bell Catfish.017, he’s an angling writer from the 60’s isn’t he?

[DaceAce]

Yes, I've read it.

[CrayCane]

Yes I've read it and have a copy. 'Landscape with Solitary Figure'.
I remember enjoying it and I keep meaning to reread it.
Pete

[JAA]

I wonder has anyone read Colin Willocks book" Landscape with Figure"

Yes, it's really well written, very good and highly evocative. I'd recommend it to the panel.

[Catfish.017]

I spotted it for sale on that auction site. Just now I did a search on just books typing in the author only. I didn't realise Colin Willock was such a prolific and well travelled writer. Loads of titles available but curiously not the one I mention.

[CrayCane]

There are loads of copies but the full title is "Landscape with Solitary Figure"
Pete

[Rutland Rod]

Apart from being an author and journalist and all round country sportsman he wrote for mags like shooting times and was a TV producer for ITV and produced over 500 programs mainly I think about natural history, he lived well into his 80’s , from memory he built a modern ‘punt gun’ which he used for shooting wildfowl. He would have worked in the same era as when Jack Hargreaves, Terry Thomas etc appeared on tv.

[Kev D]

Apart from being an author and journalist and all round country sportsman he wrote for mags like shooting times and was a TV producer for ITV and produced over 500 programs mainly I think about natural history, he lived well into his 80’s , from memory he built a modern ‘punt gun’ which he used for shooting wildfowl. He would have worked in the same era as when Jack Hargreaves, Terry Thomas etc appeared on tv.

Firearms being a forbidden forum topic l'll just say that He and Jack Hargreaves, being friends and moving in the same TV and media circles, built a punt together and wrote a book about it. It's not a particuarly satisfying book .

I mentioned a while back on another post that l met him once. I just briefly passed the time of day with him but watching him interact with others gave the impression that though he must've needed a fair bit of drive to hold his own in the media world he was by nature a very polite and Gentlemanly man.