Tim Key: 'We built a fire and foraged for food in a Tesco Metro a 15-minute drive away'
11 years, 9 months ago

Tim Key: 'We built a fire and foraged for food in a Tesco Metro a 15-minute drive away'

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I crammed my sleeping bag into Asda's equivalent of a bag for life, I charged up my phone till it bulged and I set off for the station in high spirits, only stopping to undo my padded shirt and put it round my waist, and to go back for my tent which I'd forgotten in the excitement. Back in Kent, we built a fire and foraged for food in a Tesco Metro a 15-minute drive away. So we hauled down our tents, deflated our air beds, and headed back to the horrors of urban life, because a couple of us had barbecues to go to and Big Band needed a cuddle from his long-term girlfriend.

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