‘Forrest Gump’ cum ‘Into the Wild’. 'The Adventures of a Greenman' is a series of novellas, about the raw travel experiences of a wanderer called Adam, who roams his way around the earth for a decade. Each are drawn entirely from actual events, and written in 3rd person, as literary non-fiction.
In this one: ‘Pigs, Peas and Poo - Raw Travel England’, the adventurer travels his homeland for eight months, volunteering with the W.W.O.O.F movement (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), helping out at a dozen places throughout the UK, in exchange for his food and accommodation, plus infinite possibilities to learn.
Having ‘wwoofed’ and wandered his way around the world, Adam then writes 'The Practical Guide to Wwoofing', and the guide is well received by the founder of the legendry organic farm volunteer movement, ‘Sue Coppard’, who says that she finds it to be "A delightful and informative read, very accessibly and humanly written - it almost reads itself to you!".
The novella ‘Pigs, Peas and Poo’ rolls neatly into ‘Sleeping on the Sand - Raw Travel Crete', as the nomad sets off on an adventure, roaming the Greek island in search of more wild escapades.
Greenman is a dyslexic author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. In this series, there are reality novellas on his adventures in: Brazil, France, Spain, India, New Zealand, England, Wales, Eastern Europe, Crete and Italy. Collectively they form:
'I Travel Light: The Man Who Walked Out of the World'.
*This is not a guide, but a journey of self-discovery and often uninhibited creative expression.
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).
Though his work is edited, the author's unique style of expressing words is not cut in order to be polished to an un-natural finish.