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My rookie era: I lived off the land for a week – by day five I was naked, my clothes dangling over the campfire | Collector
My rookie era: I lived off the land for a week – by day five I was naked, my clothes dangling over the campfire
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My rookie era: I lived off the land for a week – by day five I was naked, my clothes dangling over the campfire

In the summer of 1971, I left behind my comfortable family home with a tent, rations and a Women’s Weekly cutting of Princess Caroline of Monaco Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email At 15 I proved the maxim: “hire a teen while they still know everything”. That summer of 1971, I judged the world and concluded that civilisation was meh, and surely doomed. So with the zeal of the truly clueless I resolved to try living off the land, and left behind my comfortable family home and smirking parents. Continue reading...

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