tales of a sailing tramp

21/02/2010

sante fe ,andalucia south of spain

Sante fe is my latest cool place this abandoned olive grove in the south of spain is a traveller friendly place where you can find natural hot springs and a great park up,the hot springs are used by many travellers and some local people.It is a free place and often you will find an outdoor party happening Sante fe is located less than ten miles from granada

look out for more of my cool traveller
friendly places in spain

free sms

here is a link to a site where you can send free sms texts via internet check it out and send texts for free its better than paying your cash to some rip off multinational phone company.
http://www.cbfsms.com/

19/02/2010

shantaram an amazing book ,gregory david roberts is a very strong character indeed he wrote this book in prison and had to write it in full no less than three times, the manuscript was ripped to shreds by the prison warden the first two times he wrote it so he just wrote it again, its a big book and fantastic storey.

lee scratch perry jiggy jiggy yeah ,we love him
marlylin manson freak of nature ,we love him
two freaks with a guitar and jesus and the freaks
we love em yeah ,them old freaksters are everywhere

18/02/2010

why not?

the last words of timothey leary

In 2006 i met amar bharti in india ,he is an indian sadhu who has held his right arm in the air for about thirty years,as you can see from the photo his nails have begun to grow in spirals downwards and his arm is meerly skin and bone at this point.to be with him and to look in to the eyes of such a man is a strong experience,what a will he has had in order to conquer the pain for so long and remain with one arm reaching to the heavens for these years , its supernatural and seems like some kind of magic.

15/02/2010

ive been busy fitting skylights and a woodburner in my van lately heres a wee pic ,next thing is to fit the kitchen look out for more pics coming soon

hi folks ive not posted in a while ,ive not been online much this month,look out for more tales of a sailing tramp in the next weeks

10/01/2010

Welcome wigan pixie feel free to make your good pixie self at home here.

08/01/2010

nick drake

Ten years ago i went to grave of an old friend of mine nick drake the folk musician,this week i went to the village of tanworth in arden in the west midlands to his grave, once again i was delivering some music equipment to andy leek of dexys midnight runners and was in the area.I had a full tank of desiel in my van so i could afford to make a detour and visit my now old friend nick drake who i have taken with me on my travels across the world . ten years ago nick drake was still almost unheard of and today is deemed one of folk's greatest songwriters. his lonesome poetic melody is truely timeless and as time goes by that is proved furthermore.

im glad that people have discovered nick's music after'all these years.his grave stone is situated in the village of tanworh in arden near birmingham and is a modest grave under an old oak tree ,it is a special place for me and i think many others too as i know that nick drake's music has reached many and we have found some kind of comfort in his unique melonconic style.

nick drake is a star that we lost before he could be born ,leaving behind him a collection of recordings that were not popular in his own lifetime nick drake today is in a sense the van gogh of contemparary popular music.his music has always been an inspiration to me and like so many others through his music he has become like a good friend.

nick drake old school freak

Ten years ago i only knew two poeple who had even heard of this guy and now he has rocketed no less to legendary status , and quite rightly so as he was without a doubt overlooked in his short life . nick drake a brilliant songwriter and musician in his own right.