Captain Peter Cain (born 1954) spent all his childhood years living in a small village called Buxworth which is situated in the hills of the Peak District in North Derbyshire. At the age of 20, he broke away from village life to become a Redcoat Entertainer at the Butlins Holiday Centre in Ayr, Scotland. From there he advanced from being a bingo caller and then manager to sales executive for a cleaning firm before finally owning his own business which he eventually sold. He aimed for a complete 'life change' and went through the process of becoming a professional boat skipper.

He sailed around to Portugal and settled in the beautiful tourist locality of Lagos, which is situated in the west of the Algarve. He has worked in the region as a skipper on various tourist boats during the summer seasons since 2000.

Peter became known as 'Captain Peter' after being approached by Kiss Fm Algarve to do a weekly 'Seawatch and Weather Report' every Sunday morning on Owen Gee's Solid Gold Sunday Show (since 2000), which he still does today, and also did for them, the daily local news and weather every morning for 4 years. Also, for 12 months in 2001/2002, Peter was involved with and appeared in a Portuguese soap opera 'Saber Amar'. Over the years he has appeared on German, Dutch, English and American TV.

Peter has always had an interest in writing. When he was in his early 30’s, he was a whisker away from having some of his work accepted for TV. It has not been until recently, that a reduction in work commitments has allowed him to persue his love of writing and poetry.

His first book, 'Percy the Parrot - and Other Pet Subjects' was originally published through Kindle and is based on the African Grey parrot Peter once owned and also in the book are some of his many other humorous encounters with various creatures ranging from mice to elephants. This was quickly followed up with 'Percy the Parrot 2, the bird's perspective'' (A fictional account of true events!).

Captain Peter has also released three books of poem and rhyme with illustrations and pictures accompanying each book. The books are all available through Kindle publishing and Smashwords, with the exception of the 'Interactive Traveller' series of books which he is presently writing and are only available through Kindle. Four are already published with another four planned. Watch this space!

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