Tam

I met Tam on a very cold and crisp morning on Cockenzie village's coastal path (Scotland) just after sunrise. He saw me with my camera, came to me with a big smile and we started a really interesting and open conversation about our appreciation for the beauty of nature, music and about life itself.

 

I've found out a bit about his early life as well; he was growing up as the second youngest child out of 13 siblings, and when he was a child and saw his older brothers drinking, Tam had decided that no matter what, he will be different from them.

 

So he started working hard and earn money from an early age and has had many jobs throughout his life, from working on farms to upkeeping and guarding empty hotels, from driving trucks across Scotland to painting and decorating houses. He is nearly seventy now, but he is not planning to stop working anytime soon.

 

He said, from all the money he saved up staying away from drinking, he went backpacking all around Europe and saw all his favourite bands performing live in the 70's and 80's which memories he will never forget.

 

He is also a proud father of his 13 years old son, who has just bought himself his own boat and an engine from his work to go out to the sea and do fishing as a passion.

 

Tam struck me as a man who radiates strength, kindness, and who walks his own path with open eyes.

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