Escape Route

About the Book

What is an escape route? An escape route is essential if you want to stay scot-free and not end up in prison or worse. This is a story about myself and the many tight spots I have got myself into and how I managed to escape scot-free. Indeed I am a Scot and know the origin and meaning of the expression. So I have always known to make sure that I had an escape route to prevent me from ending up in the quicksand. In the course of this book, I intend to give you my outlook on life, how I’ve spent it and my opinions on many subjects. The vast majority of this book is true and the few exaggerations I have included for a laugh, you will be able to spot, but there are very few. I will not be caring if I offend anyone nor will I be politically correct in any way. If you are easily offended, don’t read it. I was born in the sixties, so my sense of humour came into being in the seventies when things weren’t quite so politically correct as they are now. Those were the days when Warren Mitchell’s character Alf Garnett was the biggest comedy star on the television, so the sense of humour in this book will not be to everyone’s taste. But if you enjoy a good laugh . . . read on.

About the Author

John Parker was born in 1964 an Ayrshire farmer’s boy in the West of Scotland and educated at Gateside school and Garnock Academy, Kilbirnie. He studied at the Glasgow College of Building and Printing and became an engineer in the gas industry where he’s still employed. Preferring to tutor himself now, he has learned various languages to assist him while travelling and is fluent in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Gaelic. After leaving his home village of Gateside by Beith in Ayrshire in 1983, he moved to Troon, and in 1995 went to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and livssssed in the town of Stornoway until 2005 when he returned to Gourock where he is currently residing. After having back-packed and travelled all over the world, mainly by himself, he now prefers to divide his time travelling between his home in Scotland and his house on La Isla de la Juventud in Cuba. His interests are writing comedy, travelling and photography. This is his first book and would make a good travel companion for the solo pilgrim traveller. It’s about the life of an ordinary man who has seen the world for himself, pulled a trick or two and never got stuck in the quick-sand because he had an escape route. That’s the appeal of the book, a companion for those of you who want to travel the world, broaden your horizons and make life a playground for enjoyment. One thing is certain; you will have a laugh if you read on.