Here are some pictures of me playing music live...

Getting the audience up to sing backing vocals was always a laugh....loved that........

Sometimes, you just have to let go :-)............

This is what happens when you split your finger on the first song...and you know you have a 2 hour set to get through.......

The pose...

My beloved tanglewood 12 string...playing 'Pink Floyds' 'Wish you here'

Mike Thorn & I actually singing together.......Usually I forgot to add backing vocals..sorry Mike

Gosh, a blast from the past...That was me back in 1984. Look at the hair....

Pete Hall & me doing a Pink Floyd set (Last few tracks from DSOTM if I remember)

I went for a single seater ride at silverstone in October 2005. What a laugh! It was in a Formula First 80bhp car/kart(!) but it was so funny. If you have a spare £150 you can go tearing round a circuit at the beautiful stowe part of the track for 33 laps. I managed not to spin & came a respectable 3rd out of 12 - not bad considering I started at the back of a pack of 12. Everyone went out to enjoythemselves - the ones who spun off were definitely the fastest (I was 6th overall fastest) and I dont think anyone really cared too much of the results. The briefing was great before you went on track. Then you went a few laps behind a pac car before putting your foot down for some very enjoyable (sometimes hilarious as you took corners sidewards!) fun. it's safe as well - your to speed is about 56mph -and theres lots of run off areas. The marshalls really do look after you. Go on - give it a try. Its called the Silverstone experience.

I'm going to recover some of my posts from other blogs to share on this site. If you're stuck for something to do, you'd do far worse than visiting the Wildlife Heritage Foundation. What a brilliant day out. This is where they care for a number of different big cats.



Find their site at:
http://www.wildaboutkent.co.uk/Locations/Wildlife%20Heritage%20Foundation.htm.

We had a one-to-one tour around the cats & had the opportunity to feed some of them (through cage wire - naturally!!)

The guide, Mark, was an absolute star; full of stories about the cats.

I really recommend a visit here if you like big cats!!! Just to get a flavour of the place, I've included these photos.

Here are some of the first pictures of baby Emily:

This is bambino, born at 0135 on 2 September 2006 weighing in at 6lb 15oz.

...& here's her first close-up.......

................................here's her proud daddy...

......................................& her proud mummy.

Hello & thanks for visiting our little blog. I usually don't like the idea of putting personal stuff down in blogs as I've nothing much to report on. For those of you that know me, you'll have seen my other blogs on IT & guitar However.....
........the arrival of our little bambino changed all that!!

I'd love to share our little bundle of happiness so this is a good place to start our very first personal blog.