Bandoxa: A Celtic Journey: A Life Lived, Remembered, and Reimagined

From the mist-cloaked valleys of South Wales to sun-drenched terraces in Spain, from Grampa's football boots to flamenco guitars and surreal barstools, this extraordinary memoir travels across time, memory, and geography with wit, warmth, and a welcome disregard for convention.

In Bandoxa, the author weaves together a vibrant mosaic of reflections-equal parts cultural history, personal journey, and comedic dispatch. One moment, you're standing beneath the ruined arches of the Walnut Tree Viaduct; the next, you're dancing with shadows in an imaginary bar in Bandoxa. Along the way, you'll encounter revolutionary Welsh princes, poisoned oceans, a grifting cat, angry school projects, the ghost of Segovia, and a fair amount of very questionable weather.

Told with an eye for the absurd, an ear for the poetic, and a heart attuned to wonder, this book is for anyone who has ever wandered, wondered, or wanted to start a folk band with their grandparent. Brimming with anarchic humour, historical curiosity, and deeply human moments, it is both a scrapbook of a singular life and a mirror for our own strange, beautiful journeys.

This is not just a memoir. It's a multi-course feast of memory-a trip through love, politics, place, and identity, served with grace, irreverence, and the occasional carpeted epiphany.

Read it. Then read it again. Different every time.