I treat life as one great adventure full of good times and bad. I've had many adventures in life, seen and done many things, achieved and failed many things in life.

I've been a teenage soldier, had 2 apprenticeships when I was young, studied electronics engineering at university in my early 30's, cheated death on more than a few occasions (not on motorcycles so far), had both great and totally crap jobs, met both interesting and not so interesting people (and some bad people who pollute the human race), travelled in Europe and I still have more experiences awaiting me.

I know bits and pieces of many languages. I can also read, write and spell in French and German plus I know the phrase, "Do you speak English??", in 8 languages including Czech and Serbian.

I collect, restore and ride classic motorcycles, so far I'm up to 11 bikes. Motorcycles and the motorcycling community have always been a major part of my life.

I've managed to raise a son alone, who is now 30 years old and he rides his own classic bikes though I still have to fix them from time to time. He has moved out and started his own life adventures now.

I've many friends who I've met and retained through motorcycling over the years. Some are more recent, others go back decades.

In my head I'm always 29 years old, so it is always a bit of a shock when I look in the mirror, first thing in the morning to see a middle aged guy looking back at me.

I've led an unconvenional life so far, which hasn't been boring. I plan to avoid a living a conventional life for as long as possible

Raised many an orphaned wild bird. Baby sat wild at fox cubs for a tame Vixen. Cared for a blind Crow for 12 years. I seem to have a talent for attracting and taming wild animals.

That's pretty much what sums me up.