I Love The Sea As Much As

I Am A Closet Birdwatcher. I Can Identify Southern African Species, But It Irks Me I Can Barely Tell A Jay From A Blackbird In The U.k.

A Man Follows The Path Laid Out For Him. He Does His Duty To God And His King. He Does What He Must Do, Not What Pleases Him. God's Truth, Boy, What Kind Of World Would This Be If Every Man Did What Pleased Him Alone? Who Would Plough The Fields And Reap The Harvest, If Every Man Had The Right To Say, 'i Don't Want To Do That.' In This World There Is A Place For Every Man, But Every Man Must Know His Place.

People Don't Really Know Themselves Until They're 30. Like Most People Nowadays, I Went To University, Got A Degree And Wandered For A Bit. I Trained To Be A Chartered Accountant, Which I Didn't Much Enjoy, And It Was Only Slowly That The Idea Of Becoming A Creative Writer Gelled.

I Want To Be Seen As A Good Storyteller. I'm A Manipulator As Well.

I Go On A Hunting Safari At Least Once A Year To Botswana, Which Is Fantastic Because We Have A Huge Area Of Wilderness Entirely To Ourselves. My Island Covers Roughly 55 Acres, Which Again I Have To Myself, With Nearly Half A Kilometre Of Private Beach With My Own Jetties And Boats.