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Open letter to an old friend………..
Canary islands
11 Jan 08
Hello Richard………
Thanx for the email…..it is one year to the day since my
arrival in the fishing village of El Cotillo, Fuerteventura,
and am still here so it can’t be bad.
The intention was only to stay six months or so and then travel
but life seems now to be an unpredictable adventure for me here
amongst Spanish friends under the almost constant sunshine….so
I will remain meantime but not forever.
The only certainty is that I won’t be back in the UK …tooooooo
cold! And at 52 tomorrow…(yes tomorrow) am toooo old.
Keeping myself occupied here with cameras and writing…published
in most of the island press now, and running a bar…despite the
fact that I have been t-total for over 7 months.
Regrets?…not really….although the bigger picture of life will
always contain my mistakes…. The railways were no longer the
place where I felt valued, thus loyalty was on the wane.
The slick cosmetic veneer of corporate sustainability a
thinning membrane stretching over the tracks (sic) of disaster
waiting to happen, which I wanted no part of.
You know me, never a yes man.
So here I am photographing sports, sun worshippers and island
life in general …..my biggest struggle being with a foreign
language which comes tantalisingly close to comprehension only
to shimmy just out of tongues reach again and again ………
Say hello to those whom you think appropriate.
Hasta la vista baby…..
Surf Bum
Donald Innes is a writer and photographer,
see more of his pictures on
http://donaldinnesross-aplaceforinnes.blogspot.com
If you are interested in buying any of his pictures just
call him on 662 529580
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