Bøker av Gerald Bowler

Starting a life only five years after the end of the second world war, was very different from the high tech age of today. With the smoke and smells of heavy industry, I learned quickly that life would never be easy, especially after our family break up. Although I made some bad decisions in my life, the most important one, to leave behind the dirt and grime of Yorkshire and join the navy, was a life changer for me. It started me on a very different adventure, for which I am forever grateful. This is the story of my early life, from 1950 to 1975; it gives my personal view of what I consider to be my irresponsible days, in fact a 9000 day adventure.

At the end of The First 9000 Days, I was drawing a line in the sand, believing that my years of irresponsibility were finally coming to an end. This was perhaps over-optimistic and sadly, I continued to walk a somewhat wavy line, from one crisis to another. This new book begins as I near the end of my time in the Royal Navy. For me it was the start of a new life, hopefully more settled and stable. But my pathological itchy feet were having none of it, they being responsible for all of my adventures and misadventures over the years. Although I haven't counted, I'm sure I have visited and worked in more countries since leaving the Royal Navy, than in all the eleven years I served. This is the second 25 years of my life story, with all the ups and downs and mistakes that I made. After all of that, I still have no regrets and I'm still here to tell the tale.