Hobbies & Interests

1. Aviation is my first love (well after the wife and kids, er kids, er....)

   I have been interested in aircraft since I first flew in 1971, and since 1979 have
   regularly visited UK airports, and occasionally European airports watching aeroplanes
   and collecting aircraft registrations. My latest foray in this area was on Monday 13 October 1997
   when I went to Amsterdam for the day with a couple of friends.

2. I also like Motor Racing. I mainly enjoy watching Formula 1, but the Touring Cars come a close second.

   Until the kids were born, I also used to co-drive (ie navigate, not drive) a rally car with my friend
   who is also my children's godfather.
   

   In Formula 1, my hero was (and still is) Nigel Mansell - the best British driver since..... well since nobody really.
   OK, so Jackie Stewart may have won 3 world titles, but for an out and out racer, you couldn't beat Mansell.
   The move he pulled at Spain in 1991 where he was wheel to wheel (less than a fag paper between them) with
   the late great Ayrton Senna ranks as one of the all-time overtaking moves.