BIRD'S EYE VIEW is an engaging debut collection of poems and quirky light verse taking a hop-on/hop-off tour of UK and European locations with a diversity of topics from hedgehogs to hang-gliding, strawberry picking to snorkelling, mountains to Mersey Ferries.

In three stages, it takes a rollercoaster ride through British seaside towns in 'Baycombe', casts a wry glance at Britain in Europe in 'Those

Eurovision Nights', and ends with a ramble through the shadowy forest of current aff airs in the TV newsroom of 'Soundbite City News'.

The author explores the peaks and caverns of modern life, with a lively and informed commentary and not least a smile or two ...