Book read: My Outdoor Life by Ray Mears

I've always enjoyed Ray Mears documentaries on television.  He sees very down to earth and authentic.   His programmes are part survival, part history, and part living within nature.

So I wanted to read more about him, and this book is very interesting.  It goes through his early life where he wanted to join the Royal Marines before finding his eyesight was not good enough.

From that setback he became involved with selection for Operation Raleigh, and became a proficient photo journalist.  In the background setting up of his own company for promoting bushcraft.

He got his break on TV with short shows, and then through the ITV Survival series.  He writes a lot of interesting pieces on the logistics and crew that get sent out with him to remote locations.