I left the river where it nearly met the lake, and dragged my filthy and battered canoe across the single field that lay between them. For a month, I had been travelling the Meander river, as it was ...

For a new book, Jeremy Seal has followed the Meander River from its source in central Turkey to the Aegean. In this extract, he finds himself desperate for a soft bed and some town comforts . I rose ...