My parents were in the Royal Air Force. I moved to an RAF base in Aden (in what is now Yemen) when I was six months old, and lived in Germany from the age of 8 to 11. That seems to have led to an insatiable curiosity about the world. I met my wife on a rail tour of the Soviet Union. My tastes run mainly to cool and mountainous areas: Iceland, Ireland, Nepal, New Zealand, Patagonia, and the Antarctic, but I also spend some time in warmer climes such as Bermuda or Djibouti.

Many of my pictures (of Antarctica, Arizona, Bermuda, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ireland and Quebec) are on Flickr. Follow the links below to read more: