Mud Between Your Toes is a memoir about my life - a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. Despite this dark subject matter, this is a series of recordings that are, largely, light-hearted tales about family, independence, loss and identity. And a few hippos and leopards thrown in for good measure!
EPISODE 19 – CONVERSATIONS with Luke Gilmour. In this episode of "Conversations" I chat to my nephew Luke whilst down at the Mana Pools national park, Zambezi river, about his colourful life from antipoaching ops in Mozambique to a stint in the French Foreign Legion.
Photo: Luke Gilmour on the Zambezi river, Mana Pools, December 2019. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
EPISODE 18 – CONVERSATIONS with Duncan Wood. After a one month trip to Zimbabwe, I am back with new episodes for Mud Between Your Toes podcasts. In this episode of "Conversations" I chat to my brother Duncan on the banks of the lower Zambezi river, appropriately about non-commercial hunting.
Photo: Duncan Wood on the Zambezi river, Chirundu, December 2019. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
EPISODE 17 (Part 1) . Hunting, shooting, fishing – our holidays, be they on the Mozambique coast or along the Zambezi river were nothing if not exciting. In this episode (1 of 3) I talk about BEIRA!
Voice of Beira prostitute thanks to my cousin, Lindie Hensman, who grew up in Angola and understands the specific dialect of African Portuguese.
Photo: My mother and father after a long night at The Moulin Rouge, Beira, circa 1970s. © Libby Wood
Music: Portuguese fado music, traditionally sung by prostitutes.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
EPISODE 16. At last the tables are turned and, in this episode, my good friend David Fox interviews yours truly. Somehow, I think David will be back to grill me more on our past escapades in future episodes.
Photo: David Fox, M’sitwe farm, circa 1975.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
EPISODE 15: BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 3 of 3), WAR AND PEACE
The final section on my school days at Prince Edward. The war comes to town and testosterone levels are on the rise. My own private rebellion finally leads me to the headmaster’s office and the end of my school days.
Photo: my first year at Prince Edward, Selous House. Aged 13 (yours truly bottom row, 2nd left).
Sound effects © AudioJungle
Episode 15 (part 2 of 3) charts my high school days at Prince Edward. Drama, elocution, art, bullying and bunking out.
Boarding is hard at the best of times, but throw in the anxiety of a bush war, a boys only school and teenage hormones and you inevitably produce some alarming results.
Photo: Prince Edward School straw boater
Sound affects © AudioJungle.
Episode 1 (of 3) charts my schools days from Umvukwes junior school aged 6, through to Prince Edward high school.
Boarding is hard at the best of times, but throw in the anxiety of a bush war, a boys only school and teenage hormones and you inevitably produce some alarming results.
Photo: The flame lily, emblem of Umvukwes junior school
Sound affects © AudioJungle.
In this episode, I chat via Skype with my old school friend, Spike (Andrew) Cockburn in Lombok, Indonesia.
We discuss our time at Prince Edward school in Harare in the 1970s and a few other topics of interest.
Photo © Andrew Cockburn
Sound effects © AudioJungle
