Any thoughts that retirement from the Army might bring about a more sedentary life-style were soon scotched, when offers of employment, occasionally of a hazardous nature, came to fruition in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Mozambique, Algeria, Mali, China and the UK. Some of the locations were hardly the kind of places one would select to take grandmother for afternoon tea. Of persons he perceives to be fools, the author retains an intolerance that stubbornly refuses to abate and his ability to fall out, even with his own shadow, remains undiminished. For all his warts, blemishes, fiery temper and confrontational manner, especially when faced by selfishness, stupidity or corruption, the author remains a painfully honest individual, albeit one cursed with particularly itchy feet.