These six short fiction stories draw upon several wonderful adventures and experiences during operational training, life after the Royal Navy spent in Central Asia and to the present day where we're currently in the midst of a global pandemic and enduring an unprecedented lockdown.



Impetuous, reckless, adventurous, Tommy Cooper's lost son ... have all been used at some stage to describe my service during a six-year Naval career, first as a Midshipman then Sub-Lieutenant: and I loved every second. I was fortunate to drive insanely fast speedboats with the Royal Marines in Hong Kong, navigate destroyers and gunboats in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and South China Seas, fly fast jets and helicopters, chase Triads and catch pirates in some of the most exotic and exciting places imaginable. I've been honoured to meet and work with a number of seriously impressive and idiosyncratic individuals who left an indelible impression.



Nevertheless, the training instilled upon me is ever-present and my sense of humour undiminished. Even in these unsettling times, I'm rarely far from a spot of reminiscing and Naval Gazing.