‘Birthday’ Articles at Great Big Scary World

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By Jamie| 2019-05-20T20:32:03+00:00 May 20th, 2019|Thoughts and Inspiration|

A thirty-second journey around our sun, but the first spent with my daughter. People always tell you that having children will change your life. And they are right. Instead of taking off for months at

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By Jamie| 2018-05-24T20:15:24+00:00 May 15th, 2018|Thoughts and Inspiration|

I find it a little curious to watch a football game and to describe a player as old, only to realise that they are younger than me. Many players are approaching retirement towards the tail

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By Jamie| 2017-05-15T21:32:26+00:00 May 15th, 2017|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|

I celebrated turning thirty in a grass skirt with a never ending cup of rum punch in my hand, doing my best to pretend I was as spritely as I have ever been. You see,

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By Jamie| 2016-05-13T13:46:50+00:00 May 13th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|

Today is my 29th birthday and for once, I am spending it in the countryside of rural England - where I grew up. On my last birthday I was swimming with manta rays on Australia's west cost

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28 with Manta Rays, Sharks, and Dead Whales
28 with Manta Rays, Sharks, and Dead Whales

28 with Manta Rays, Sharks, and Dead Whales

By Jamie| 2015-06-12T01:45:40+00:00 June 12th, 2015|Stories|

As I turned 28 in Australia, I decided to spend my birthday snorkelling in Coral Bay with some friends, hoping to see some manta rays. That first meant getting into my newly converted green home on

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By Jamie| 2015-05-13T02:35:32+00:00 May 13th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|

Today is my 28th birthday and I am spending it in Australia. To celebrate, I will swim with manta rays. My last birthday was spent in South Korea, camping on a beach on Jeju. From

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By Jamie| 2014-05-15T04:14:35+00:00 May 15th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|

To celebrate (or berate) turning 27, I spent the night of May 13th on a beach in jungmun (Jeju Island, South Korea) with some friends. We made a fire, cooked dinner on it, and swam

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By Jamie| 2014-05-15T03:12:29+00:00 May 14th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|

On the 13th May, 1987, I was officially born at 03h02 in the morning. My father tells me that I was delivered by a grinning black doctor. Coming from Norfolk, a part of the world

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