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Play Guitar
Acoustic, Semi-Acoustic, 12 string Acoustic, Classical, Electric and Bass
 
Play Harmonica and Clarinet
 
Songwriting
 
Long Distance Walking
Hadrian's Wall, Pennine Way, Thames Path, Tennyson Trail - Isle of Wight, Regents Canal Path (All in Great Britain), Fish River Canyon (Namibia)
 
Walking
Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France)
Drakensburg mountains (South Africa, Lesotho)
English National Parks (e.g., Lake District and Yorkshire Dales)
Himalayas (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet)
 
Rock and Ice climbing
Climbed in Cornwall, Devon, Alps and Himalayas
 
Campanology (Bellringing)
 
Hitchhiking
Europe, Africa and Asia
 
Reading Travel Books
e.g., C. Bonnington, H.W. Tillman, E. Shipton, C. Dodwell, J. Merrill
 
Reading General Books
e.g., J.G. Davis, R. Ludlum, L. Lee, R. Bach, J. Archer, D. Yallop, N. Klein, L. Uris, L. Collins
 
Reading Newspapers and Magazines
Times / Sunday Times Newspapers (Read every day for the last 16 years)
 
Rock Music
Especially Pink Floyd, U2, Genesis, M. Oldfield, N. Young, J. Denver, R. Clayderman
 
Art
Especially Gerald Scarfe, Casper David Friedrich
 
Raquet Sports
Tennis, Badminton, Squash, and Table Tennis
 
Skiing
Switzerland - 1988, 1989, 1994
Italy - 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997
France - 1991
 
Winter Sports
Cross-Country skiing, ice skating
 
Indoor Sports - Hockey
Member of the Saga Petroleum ASA team in Norway - 1999-2000
Member of the Norsk Hydro ASA team in Norway - 2000-2001
 
Photography
Mainly travel photography
 
Theatre
Musicals
 
World Band Radio
BBC World Service
 
Current Affairs
National (UK), International and World
 
Ballroom dancing
University of Exeter, UK and Zurich, Switzerland
 
Ceroc dancing
London, Great Britain
 
Genealogy and Family History Research
Tracing of the Spencer, Cherrett, Bonanno, Wilhelmy, Cervato, Mistrorigo, Rigoni and Berna Lines of Descent

     

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