Many people dream of a different life style, from escaping to live in the country to starting your own business. Big dreams or little dreams - we only have one life in which to fulfil them (with all due respect given to those who believe in re-incarnation). Over the years I have become more and more dissatisfied with my life in the England, too many niggling things have eventually driven me away from the normal lifestyle most people enjoy, whether it be the Big Brother attitude of successive governments (with everything from the excessive plethora of speed cameras, to the noses that now poke into every single aspect of your life) to the changes in British society that I have witnessed during my few years of truly conscious observation.


I have no desire to sound like a younger version of Victor Meldrew - but these changes have removed almost all the pleasure of living in the England for me, I now look forward to returning with a rather unreasonable dread. Unreasonable, because it is largely due to a growing paranoia that 'they are out to get me'. Paranoia that has developed because of a whole host of reasons - Living in England as a 'normal citizen' is now actually quite hard ! : Which ever way I turn I am deluged with mountains of paperwork over even the simplest of things, Health and Safety have bubble-wrapped the entire population,The Police have Carte Blanche to shoot you in the head if you look remotely like a known terrorist suspect .... I could go on and on... (and probably will extend this rant in the blog).... But that is not really what this site is about.

For those of you whom have stuck with me so far : this site is really about breaking the mold of conventional lifestyles. It will have a lot of personal experience input, quite a lot of personal discovery and historical attempts to 'bust out'. It will cover the sublime, mundane and ridiculous. Disasters,triumphs and, I hope contain a few laughs. We may well cover a lot of ground together, and I hope you will find that you feel able to add your own feelings and relate stories of your experiences to this site. Advice is not a bad word - we never stop learning.

Wanderen is a 'slow burn' project of mine - it will grow over time ! And with your contributions, I hope it grows into something relay worthwhile and useful. - so please do not hesitate to get involved.