Man because of a quarrel with his wife decided to move into the forest

• A man from a quarrel with his wife decided to move to the forest

What makes a man, when his nagging wife? He goes into the garage or bar. And then it is already over it again nagging wife, and the circle closes. Briton Malcolm Applegate went on when the situation at home has reached its limit: it just went into the woods.

62-year-old Malcolm Applegate played the secret dream of all the unhappy married people: secretly left his home in Birmingham and went to the dense forest near London. The journey took him three weeks, half of the way he walked, as at Oxford he stole the bike.

According to Malcolm, before they get married, he was happy.

"I'm 25 happy years worked as a gardener at Farnborough. I like my job, I still like to go in the garden now. But when I got married, my life has become worse. "

Malcolm's wife was furious because he devoted much time to the work he loves.

"The more I worked, the more angry with my wife. She did not like that I was a long time was not at home. " Malcolm's wife really wanted to control her husband and even demanded to reduce the working day.

"For a long time I was trying to save the marriage, but in the end decided to leave without saying a word to anyone. I just packed up and gone - and gone for them missing for ten years. "

Malcolm settled into camp with three other people. He was hiding in the woods, and in the morning went to work in the garden.

Now Malcolm lives in the "Emmaus Greenwich" - a shelter for the homeless. For a long time he did not want to settle there, in the woods it all arranged, but he was persuaded to shelter staff. Now Malcolm is raising money for the homeless - he recently collected 300 pounds. Present life a man happy.

"I'd like to see people who are victims of" Emmaus "money, know that I am grateful that I was given a second chance at a happy life. I have a beautiful room, I can work and lead an active social life. I like it very much. My life is back on the right track. "