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Northumbrian pensioner holidays in war zones

A Northumbrian pensioner has decided to stave off boredom by taking up extreme tourism in the world’s war zones. Gordon Moore, 75, from Hexham, has just returned from a tour of Iraq where he was in the first tourist group to visit since war broke out in 2003.

His stay in the country, still heavily monitored by international troops, follows four visits to Afghanistan, and trips to North Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Syria, and Lebanon. The only reason he hasn’t been to North Korea yet is he was the only one who signed up for the trip, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Mr Moore said: “Of course plenty of people think I’m absolutely mad for going, especially because of my age, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. “I’ve seen the country on the news all these years, and you never think it will happen but there I was, standing in Iraq.

“Policeman would come over to you and ask what we were doing and why we were there, so we would say we were tourists, but they were puzzled, they didn’t even know what they are.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .