‘Forrest Gump’ cum ‘Into the Wild’. 'The Adventures of a Greenman' is a series of novelettes, about the raw travel experiences of a wanderer called Adam, who roams his way around the earth for a decade, drawn entirely from actual events and written as literary non-fiction.
In this one: ‘Sleeping on the Sand - Raw Travel Crete', Adam sets of on a wild walk around the West coast of the stunning island, sleeping on beaches and in his tent in olive groves. Luck leads him to a remote cottage in the mountains, which he house-sits for two months, before going even further a field, catching a fishing boat to the island of ‘Gavdos’, a barely inhabited spot in the winter, between Crete and Libya. There he roams, amidst Pine and Cedar forests, building camps and searching for drinking water, with the stray puppy dog who has tagged along. It is the nearest he will ever come to a 'desert island experience' and it really isn't far off! There is no mains electricity or drinking water on tap in the place, but somehow Adam manages to survive there for 6 weeks.
*This is not a guide, but a journey of self-discovery and often uninhibited creative expression. An extraordinary short novel, inspired by a true story.
Greenman is a dyslexic author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Though his work is edited, his unique style of expressing words is not cut in order to be polished to an un-natural finish. In this series, there are reality novelettes on his adventures in: Brazil, France, Spain, India, New Zealand, England, Wales, Eastern Europe, Crete and Italy. Collectively they form the epic:
'I Travel Light: The Man Who Walked Out of the World'.
A 'BBC' presenter recently said of him: “You are the person inside all of us that we wish we could let out from time to time, possibly the most spontaneous traveller I have ever met!” (BBC Radio Berkshire. Sarah Walker, talking to A. Greenman during a live broadcast).
In this one: ‘Sleeping on the Sand - Raw Travel Crete', Adam sets of on a wild walk around the West coast of the stunning island, sleeping on beaches and in his tent in olive groves. Luck leads him to a remote cottage in the mountains, which he house-sits for two months, before going even further a field, catching a fishing boat to the island of ‘Gavdos’, a barely inhabited spot in the winter, between Crete and Libya. There he roams, amidst Pine and Cedar forests, building camps and searching for drinking water, with the stray puppy dog who has tagged along. It is the nearest he will ever come to a 'desert island experience' and it really isn't far off! There is no mains electricity or drinking water on tap in the place, but somehow Adam manages to survive there for 6 weeks.
*This is not a guide, but a journey of self-discovery and often uninhibited creative expression. An extraordinary short novel, inspired by a true story.
Greenman is a dyslexic author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Though his work is edited, his unique style of expressing words is not cut in order to be polished to an un-natural finish. In this series, there are reality novelettes on his adventures in: Brazil, France, Spain, India, New Zealand, England, Wales, Eastern Europe, Crete and Italy. Collectively they form the epic:
'I Travel Light: The Man Who Walked Out of the World'.
A 'BBC' presenter recently said of him: “You are the person inside all of us that we wish we could let out from time to time, possibly the most spontaneous traveller I have ever met!” (BBC Radio Berkshire. Sarah Walker, talking to A. Greenman during a live broadcast).
