'I was a lost soul' - the Norfolk man who chose a tent over temporary accommodation |
Forced to leave his mother’s house amid a long struggle with alcoholism, he refused to consider temporary accommodation as he feared he “would end up in prison” or fall deeper into addiction.
Instead, he headed into Norwich, brought himself a tent, and walked into a woodland in Sprowston.
Keith Brown moved to Norwich when he was 12 (Image: Henry Durand)
He stayed there for three months.
Mr Brown's life hasn't been easy. He moved to Norfolk from Essex when he was 12, started work at 16, and at 19 had a child with a woman he later separated from.
But he'd never been homeless.
“The first night was actually marvellous,” he said. “I made sure I put all my rubbish in the bin, I set myself up.
“You’ve got lots of noises in the woods - foxes walking past, deer walking past, five or six owls calling in the trees. It was all quite joyful.”
But as autumn slipped towards winter, the temperature began to fall.
Alone and........