$filePath = 'fearlessnavigator.txt';
// If file exists, read current count from it, otherwise, initialize it to 0
$count = file_exists($filePath) ? file_get_contents($filePath) : 0;
// Increment the count and overwrite the file, writing the new value
file_put_contents($filePath, ++$count);
$file = "fearlessnavigator.txt"; //Path to your *.txt file
$contents = file($file);
$string = implode($contents);
echo "This programme has been downloaded ".$string. " times ";
$timestamp = (date('d/m/Y - H:ia'));$to = "terry@mechan.orangehome.co.uk";
$subject = "Fearless hit from web site";
$message = "The Fearless Navigator has now been downloaded ".$string. " times ".$timestamp."";
$from = "terrymechan@morgle.com";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
//mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>
In 1899 Howard Blackburn became the 6th man in history to sail single handed across the Atlantic from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Gloucester, England.
He made the journey in 61 days, despite having lost his fingers 15 years before through frostbite.
This radio drama explores his remarkable life, how as a fisherman he suffered the loss of his fingers, his ill fated journey to the Yukon and the problems he overcame to make his solo transatlantic journey.
The Fearless Navigator is a remarkable story of one man overcoming adversity and hardship to carry out a remarkable feat of endurance.
The Fearless Navigator was written and performed by John Bassett and Produced for radio by Terry Mechan
Originally Broadcast on Regional Radio with a Running length 35 Mins, this version of The Fearless Navigator has no station ID or advertisments and can be downloaded for re-broadcasting throughout the world as a Public Service or for individual listening as long as the content is unaltered.