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Raymond Paul "Ray" Mears (born 7 February 1964) is an English woodsman, instructor, author and TV presenter. His TV appearances cover bushcraft and survival techniques, and he is best known for the TV series Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears' World of Survival, Extreme Survival, Survival with Ray Mears, Wild Britain with Ray Mears and Ray Mears Goes Walkabout.
Mears grew up in Kenley, Greater London, and the North Downs, where he discovered a countryside abundant with wildlife. Educated at Reigate Grammar School, a co-educational independent school in Reigate, Surrey, he learned to track foxes in the forest at a young age. As a boy, he desired to sleep out on the trail, but unable to afford camping equipment, he resorted to setting up camp using what he could find in his surroundings.
Mears's enthusiasm for his subject, combined with his broad knowledge of survival and the uses which may be made of plants, trees and other natural materials found in woodland, forest or desert, have made him a popular figure in TV broadcasting in the UK.[citation needed] He has travelled extensively across the world for his TV series and has learned survival techniques from the indigenous peoples he has met. In his programmes he demonstrates his knowledge of the wild, how to find food from seeds, berries, roots and other growing things, and how to survive by constructing temporary shelters, fires and canoes from natural materials.
I remember that day well
Just don't ask and I won't tell
On that pedestal from which you fell from grace
Made me feel so unsure
Of a love I thought so pure
The sickness that you carry
Has no cure
I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again
Yes I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again
My friend
How many times can you destroy me?
Undermine and humiliate me
Play me like a pawn
On your little board
Oh well
I know you for what you are now
The show is over
Take Your bow
Enough of the words I hear
Whenever you're near me
I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again
Yes I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again
My friend
My dear friend
I only wanted you
To believe in me
Like I believed in you
And I want you to know
I believed you, one lie
I believed you, one lie
I believed you
I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again
Yes I believed you every time
Then watched you do the crime
Again and again