Beyond railway modelling, my main passion is for angling. I occasionally work as a volunteer at Grosmont (NYMR) when I can where a 5am shift has me lighting and cleaning that day's loco's. Predominately my interests focus on steam days in my home county, both the ex Midland lines between Bristol and Gloucester but also the county as a whole.
Growing up in Gloucestershire I spent many happy days sat on the side of the main line between Gloucester and Bristol trying to read the numbers from the sides of blue diesels as they sped past.