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Chapter Ten - Watership Down by Richard Adams

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Well, hello there and a very warm welcome back to the Never-ending Book Story to you!  It's been a funny few weeks to say the least, hasn't it? I've found it really hard to concentrate on reading - let alone blogging! I received my beautiful limited edition, cloth-bound, signed copy of The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and I just can't read it at the moment. Despite having waited YEARS for it. Its time will come. For now, I need something a bit more easy-going. I need escapism; anything to take me away from reality. What utterly astounding luck that Chapter 10 finds us up to our knees in the splendour of the English countryside (you'll recall from the previous chapter that Watership Down is actually a real place) with a visit to the rabbit warrens of Watership Down... ...More on the rabbits in a bit... Before I get into this chapter proper, I wanted to do a brief re-cap of where we have been on this never-ending journey so far - just because re