I do other things as well as radio stuff. This page collects some of my other interests, including cars, Lego, rugby league, RC crawlers, DIY, 3D printing, computers and retro gaming.
I don't know if I'd call myself a detailer, but I do like keeping our cars clean, shiny and smelling fresh. I drive an e46, I've never been tempted by anything newer, there's just something about them.
Looking out towards home from Rivington.
Lego and air rifles
Everyone at home loves Lego. Enough said about that.
My eldest and I are regulars at Atherton Indoor Range where we plink with .177 & .22 air rifles. We don't hold any records, but we both shoot pretty straight and true.
Fin at 25m.
Rugby league
I'm a Wigan Warriors fan, they play rugby league — it's a Northern thing. They share the Brick Community Stadium with Wigan Athletic.
We're just up the road from Leigh Leopards, so we often pop along to their games too. I'll always be a Wigan fan, but I'm chuffed that Leigh are right up there with the big boys in Super League.
Wigan winning the League Leaders Shield in 2024.
Super League table
Live standings for Wigan & Leigh
Betfred Super League 2026 — Table
Pos
Team
P
W
L
Pts
1
Leeds Rhinos
22
18
4
36
2
Wigan Warriors
22
17
5
34
3
Wakefield Trinity
22
16
6
32
4
Warrington Wolves
21
15
6
30
5
Hull KR
21
14
7
28
6
Leigh Leopards
22
14
8
28
7
St Helens
22
12
10
24
8
Catalans Dragons
22
9
13
18
9
Toulouse Olympique
22
7
15
14
10
York Knights
22
7
15
14
11
Castleford Tigers
22
7
15
14
12
Hull F.C.
22
6
16
12
13
Bradford Bulls
22
6
16
12
14
Huddersfield Giants
22
5
17
10
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Wigan Warriors — Snapshot
Position: #2
· Played: 22
· Won: 17
· Lost: 5
Recent results
8th August '26 Wigan Warriors vs Toulouse Olympique 48–18
8th August '26 Wigan WarWigan Warriors vs Toulouse Toulouse Olympique 48–18
Upcoming
15th August '26 Bradford Bulls vs Wigan Warriors
Leigh Leopards — Snapshot
Position: #6
· Played: 22
· Won: 14
· Lost: 8
Recent results
7th August '26 Leigh Leopards vs York City Knights 22–14
7th August '26 Leigh LeoLeigh Leopards vs York CityYork City Knights 22–14
Upcoming
13th August '26 Leeds Rhinos Rhinos vs Leigh Leopards
11th September '26 Leigh Leopards vs Wakefield Trinity Trinity Wildcats
RC cars and crawlers
I enjoy RC cars & crawlers. We've got a couple of crawlers, a couple of fast buggies and a couple of bashers.
The kids play with them too; it's not just me being a 10 year old trapped in an adult's body!
Crawlers on top of Rivington.
DIY, electronics and 3D printing
I like tinkering with electronics and making things out of wood. I've got my cantilevered, leg-free desk thing down. I firmly believe that high CRI LEDs make most things better.
I'm half decent at DIY stuff, I know which end of a hammer is which and have a full set of metric & imperial spanners. We've got a Prusa 3D printer, which is very handy for fixing and modifying things.
A useful 3D print
Computers, consoles and retro gaming
My main PC dual boots Windows 11 and Fedora, my laptop dual boots Windows 11 and Ubuntu. Nicky and the kids are full Windows 11. Most of the Raspberry Pis at home run Raspberry Pi OS.
We like gaming. We're sorted with consoles from the Nintendo Entertainment System through to the PS5 Slim, with almost everything in between. We still play some retro stuff on real hardware, but the emulation on Raspberry Pi is so good now that most of the time it's a case of why bother unplugging, plugging in and all the other faff?
