By Max Daly
A former Big Issue1) vendor is still
pinching himself after swapping the
windswept streets of Britain for the
sun-soaked island of Tenerife.
Geoff Hunter, 43, (pictured) slept
rough for 12 years. But his fortunes
changed when he was offered a
job as a master baker on the island
off the coast of north Africa. |
The ex-vendor, used to sleeping on
concrete on Bournemouth’s
seafront in sub-zero temperatures,
is now living in a flat minutes from
a sandy beach.
“At first, I thought it was a windup,”
said Hunter, whose flight to
Tenerife in September was his first
trip by air. “I got off the plane and
the heat just hit me.”
Harry Malone, a Jobs, Education
and Training worker at The Big
Issue’s Bournemouth office, found
the post after discovering Hunter
had trained as a baker before
becoming homeless. “Usually when
you’re down people kick you.
When they give you a hand-up it’s
a surprise,” Malone said. |
