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I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.
“I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.”
— Peter Mayle · Barbados
I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.
One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.
Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.
I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.
I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.
It's hard not to enjoy yourself in Barbados and I was grateful for some time off and to chill with family and friends after such a busy period of cricket in 2020. There were some Covid restrictions, but there was a lot more freedom than we've had in the U.K.
Obama might as well be president of Turkey or Brazil; it does not matter. It's the system that is absolutely flawed, where 25 or 35 or 50 people make multi, multi-billions on building Olympic structures while people live in Barbados and have no roads or clean drinking water. There's something pretty inequitable there.
I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.
I have a lot of other stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right, I'll just know. If I had a girl, she'd probably be really rebellious. She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in Barbados.