Tarka King left Ireland for Dorset forty years ago due to 'the Troubles' but retained ownership of his mid-Ulster border farm and forest. While continuing to manage his property from a distance he has travelled extensively and developed an interest in seeing the restoration of the derelict Ulster Canal become a reality. His Anglo-Irish roots and family literary background has provided an insight as to the waterway's absolute relevance as part of the resolution to the ongoing socio-political problems created by Ulster's Partition in 1924.
