Don't really know why, (but most probably as a result of a recent, highly spirited, alcohol induced discussion about what makes a person, you know, well.... a person, following an exchange of admissions highlighting a diverse range of hobby/interest activities amongst the drunken company there present, and a 'nurture or nature' drink-dribbling debate).....
Anyway, whatever, I was obliged to list just some of the things I considered to have had an influence on me and my life-long liking of the outside and 'naytcha'...weird, huh...don't judge me.....I've got a whole lot more 'influences' that are too obscure/embarrassing to mention....and would make for even more tedious reading....
Ratty, Mole and Badger (but mostly Mole)....
(Saint & Tarzan).
Cubs & Scouts.....
E.Shackleton, R. Amundsen and all associated personel....
Thorin Oakenshield/Strider and others of Tolkien genue...
Indubitably and most certainly, Sal Paradise & Dean Moriarty of Jack Kerouac renown ...
Dougal Haston, A. Wainwright and Reinhold Messner......
Mr. Stevens ( Cat, not Shakin' )....and of course Mr R. Zimmerman ....
and... every other single piece of music really listened to....
William Ricketts....
Millican Dalton....
Lao Tsu....
Jackson Pollock....
Spike Milligan....
Alfred Kubin...
my Father.....
The Triumph 'Razor-Edge'...
Tents, boats and campfires....
the guitar....
Peter Scott
Johnny Morris
David Attenborough
Tony Soper
... a book about Gorilla hunting in Victorian times...
....a short story featuring Bruin the Bear, a Christmas tree and a fire-extinguisher....
.....and other short stories about bicycles, moon-magic curses and children turning into kangaroos......
....attempted taxidermy of a fetidly dead blackbird at primary school (me at school, not the ex-blackbird)
Ron James and Outward Bound.....
As I say......the list could go on......and on....
Funny ol' world, innit?
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