So what is there to know?

I'm just an ordinary bloke.  You'd pass me in the street without noticing me as I have no distinguishing features apart from being over six foot tall, with a grey beard, usually with a pipe stuck in my gob and with a dog at my feet.

I live up in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, with Herself and the dog.  It's a peaceful spot and that's the way I like it.

I'm getting on in years, having retired some time ago.  I used to work in RTE, the National Broadcaster, but quite honestly that is an aspect of my life I would rather forget.

I started writing stuff on this site way back in October 2006.  I don't know why I started this writing lark and even more baffling – I don't know why I continue.  It has been a bit of a roller-coaster ride though, with awards, a book and several radio and newspaper interviews.

Maybe my likes and dislikes will give a better picture of me?

Likes….

• Herself, the dog, my daughter and grandchildren [but not necessarily in that order]
• My garden
• Supping cups of coffee outside my local coffee shop on a Summers day
• Walking in the woods
• Listening to good music
• The odd pint of stout
• Baiting tourists
• And of course a good book

Dislikes….

• Txt-speak and the Twitter generation
• Hypocrisy
• The law
• My Former Employers

Positive hatreds….

• The Government [weapons of mass corruption]
• The Nanny/Bully State
• Anti-smokers
• The EU