Sunday, 15 June 2014
dodds farm in south molton; featuring alpacas, peacocks, horses, and chickens.
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN TREAGOOD.
INTERVIEW; WRITTEN AS RECORED:
WHAT'S YOUR FULL NAME?: "John Treagood."
WHAT DID YOU DO PRIOR TO THIS LIFESTYLE?: "Oh dear. I was a uniersity proffesor. Although, you probably already know that."
WHAT SUBJECTS?: "History, and Enviromental Studies."
WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE THIS WAY?: "I don't know really, I just went for a walk and carried on for 40 years."
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THIS WAY?: "Well about 40 years."
WHEN THE FLOODING AND AWFUL WEATHER STRUCK, HOW DID IT AFFECT YOU?: "Well if you look on the bright side, if it's raiing heavy, you don't have to walk a mile for water, you catch it when it falls."
DO YOU ENCOUNTER ANY TROUBLES ALONG YOUR TRAVELS?: "Do I encouner any troubles Well I get a few people shouting out the car window, but i don't mind. They call me a 'Gypo Bastard', but I don't mind being referred to as a Gypo. And as for the bastard bit, I just have a laugh, cos' I am by birth. It don't make no difference to me."
HOW OFTEN DO YOU MOVE ABOUT?: "Well usually about... we move for four days and have three days rest. But when i'm here, i'm usually here for a fortnight, cos' i've got friends down here and I get my laundry done and have a bath."
IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST THAT YOU'D CALL YOUR FAVOURITE AREA?: "No not really, well the counties I go in are Somerset, a bit of Wiltshire, Cornwall, but I do like Devon best.
HAVE YOU CREATED ANY FRIENDS ALONG YOUR TRAVELS?: "I've got more friends since i've been travelling than I ever had whilst I was living in a street, from all over the place."
WHAT DOES THE BOOK YOU'RE WRITING CONSIST OF?: "Well, i've written three books in the last 10 years, about going from A to B & C, and i threw them all away cos' no-one was interested. So i'm writing observations from the roadside, things I see that other people don't see."
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WRITING IT?:" This one? About 2 months, and i hope it's finished by August."
WHERE DO YOU ORIGINALLY COME FROM?: "Kent. But I left there in 1950.
HOW DO YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF AND YOUR ANIMALS?: " Well, i still do occasional work, things like that you know. And then there's all the wild things to eat isn't there? You go around the corner there, and there's a collection of Damson trees, i'm not going to show you where, cos' they're mine."
AND WHAT ARE YOUR ANIMALS NAMES?:" He's Gildor (points to horse) the black and white's Whiskey (dog). All my black and white dogs have always been called Whiskey since I was 10 years old. And the other one's Hale (dog) because he's got a halo around his neck.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?: "Oh, i'm only young, i'm only 78. He's 28! (points to horse.)"
WHAT'S YOUR FULL NAME?: "John Treagood."
WHAT DID YOU DO PRIOR TO THIS LIFESTYLE?: "Oh dear. I was a uniersity proffesor. Although, you probably already know that."
WHAT SUBJECTS?: "History, and Enviromental Studies."
WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE THIS WAY?: "I don't know really, I just went for a walk and carried on for 40 years."
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THIS WAY?: "Well about 40 years."
WHEN THE FLOODING AND AWFUL WEATHER STRUCK, HOW DID IT AFFECT YOU?: "Well if you look on the bright side, if it's raiing heavy, you don't have to walk a mile for water, you catch it when it falls."
DO YOU ENCOUNTER ANY TROUBLES ALONG YOUR TRAVELS?: "Do I encouner any troubles Well I get a few people shouting out the car window, but i don't mind. They call me a 'Gypo Bastard', but I don't mind being referred to as a Gypo. And as for the bastard bit, I just have a laugh, cos' I am by birth. It don't make no difference to me."
HOW OFTEN DO YOU MOVE ABOUT?: "Well usually about... we move for four days and have three days rest. But when i'm here, i'm usually here for a fortnight, cos' i've got friends down here and I get my laundry done and have a bath."
IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST THAT YOU'D CALL YOUR FAVOURITE AREA?: "No not really, well the counties I go in are Somerset, a bit of Wiltshire, Cornwall, but I do like Devon best.
HAVE YOU CREATED ANY FRIENDS ALONG YOUR TRAVELS?: "I've got more friends since i've been travelling than I ever had whilst I was living in a street, from all over the place."
WHAT DOES THE BOOK YOU'RE WRITING CONSIST OF?: "Well, i've written three books in the last 10 years, about going from A to B & C, and i threw them all away cos' no-one was interested. So i'm writing observations from the roadside, things I see that other people don't see."
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WRITING IT?:" This one? About 2 months, and i hope it's finished by August."
WHERE DO YOU ORIGINALLY COME FROM?: "Kent. But I left there in 1950.
HOW DO YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF AND YOUR ANIMALS?: " Well, i still do occasional work, things like that you know. And then there's all the wild things to eat isn't there? You go around the corner there, and there's a collection of Damson trees, i'm not going to show you where, cos' they're mine."
AND WHAT ARE YOUR ANIMALS NAMES?:" He's Gildor (points to horse) the black and white's Whiskey (dog). All my black and white dogs have always been called Whiskey since I was 10 years old. And the other one's Hale (dog) because he's got a halo around his neck.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?: "Oh, i'm only young, i'm only 78. He's 28! (points to horse.)"
JOHN TREAGOOD, THE TRAVELLER.
LYNTON FINAL IMAGES.
These are my favourite images that I chose to edit further with photoshop. I think that the selection that i've chosen really resemble an re symbolic in the way that they captured the mood, feel and moment within the images.
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