’This man, a baker who started work around 3 am would set off around 7 am and walked fantastic distances to see a small fern before returning home in time to start work again at 3 am. In another letter he says: ‘I got home around 3 am Wednesday morning having walked with little halt, for about twenty four hours’ - T. Munyard, ‘Pteridologist’ v. 4 (2), 2003. p. 41
Robert Dick, baker of Thurso, geologist and botanist (the Internet Archive page). Abouth the book:
’This man, a baker who started work around 3 am would set off around 7 am and walked fantastic distances to see a small fern before returning home in time to start work again at 3 am. In another letter he says: ‘I got home around 3 am Wednesday morning having walked with little halt, for about twenty four hours’ - T. Munyard, ‘Pteridologist’ v. 4 (2), 2003. p. 41