Here Clare follows the migration route of swallows, ones that nest in his mum's rafters in Wales in the summer and winter in South Africa. He sets off from South Africa in February and arrives in Wales in May, travelling off the cuff by car, bus or plane. Layers of anecdotes and meetings from the road with chat about swallows in literature and cultures.
The lovely thing though is that the swallow idea enables and excuses the trip and it is certainly an obsession for Clare, but the trip and route is haphazard and loose. Clare seems like a lost 20 something, wandering in search of anything, and does return changed, broken down a little and re-formed.
