Hitting the road again...

I have a question for you; have you ever got the feeling that there’s more out there? That maybe, just maybe, there’s a world of adventure unfolding, and that you might be missing it?

For some people this suspicion will never strike, but for others, the idea that the world is having a great big open-air party somewhere where we aren't is excruciating, and the need to be involved in it is, and always will be, a niggling nagging known-ity. These people are adventurers.

My (over-size) ego aside, I consider myself to be part of this group of life-lusters. I’ve been to a few places in my time and I’ve been lucky enough to see life in different shapes, sizes, twists and twirls…and it’s mesmeric.

But as a wise man once said, “All good things must come to an end…” and my days of being a vest-sporting, surf-haired beach bum are over for the moment (I mean c’mon - someone needs to keep the PR industry ticking over, right??) but that doesn’t mean that those days are over for ever…no no no – the way I see it is that I’m a traveller by trade, I’m just on vacation right now. And I’m fine with this hiatus.

I’m in one of the greatest cities on earth (second only to San Francisco); I’ve got good people around me; I’m writing again (both on this here blog and the (soon to be) world renowned 'Where's my seat...?'), and I’ve just started a new job that’s pretty exciting and genuinely inspiring – life’s just rosey, right? Indeed. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t get those travelling pangs when I see a faraway photo posted, or when I see what my travelling friends are getting up to…and I know I’m not the only one…any number of you reading this know what I’m on about…and I hate to disappoint, but I don’t have the cure to it. I have no remedy to share. I can only say “you’re not alone”.

So “what’s the point to this post, Gareth?” I hear you ask…well, I was at a gig t’other night where Frank Turner played one of my favourite songs of his, and I just thought that it encapsulates the enduring nature of the desire to hit the road again, and to go exploring…and I thought you might enjoy it as well. 

So here it is – to anyone who’s been away and still ponders about getting going again, here’s ‘The Road’…