Non-Radio

I do other things as well as radio stuff.

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.

E46 on Rivington
Looking out towards home from Rivington.

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.

25m Range
Fin at 25m.

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 league leaders 2024
Wigan winning the league leaders shield in 2024.

Live standings for Wigan & Leigh

Betfred Super League 2026 — Table

PosTeamPWLPts
1 Leeds Rhinos 10 8 2 16
2 St Helens 10 8 2 16
3 Warrington Wolves 9 7 2 14
4 Hull KR 9 6 3 12
5 Wigan Warriors 10 6 4 12
6 Wakefield Trinity 10 6 4 12
7 Leigh Leopards 10 5 5 10
8 Catalans Dragons 10 5 5 10
9 Hull F.C. 10 4 6 8
10 York Knights 10 3 7 6
11 Bradford Bulls 10 3 7 6
12 Toulouse Olympique 10 3 7 6
13 Castleford Tigers 10 3 7 6
14 Huddersfield Giants 10 2 8 4

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Wigan Warriors — Snapshot

Position: #5 · Played: 10 · Won: 6 · Lost: 4

Recent results

  • 2nd May '26 Wigan Warriors vs Bradford Bulls
  • 28th March '26 Wigan War vs HuddersfiDescription Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club 16–34

Upcoming

  • 15th May '26 Wigan Warriors vs Leeds Rhinos Rhinos

Leigh Leopards — Snapshot

Position: #7 · Played: 10 · Won: 5 · Lost: 5

Recent results

  • 23rd April '26 Leigh Leopards vs Huddersfield Giants Giants 30–16
  • 28th March '26 Leigh Leo vs Toulouse Description The Leigh Leopards are a professional rug 21–20

Upcoming

  • 16th May '26 Leigh Leopards vs Hull Kingston Rovers
  • 11th September '26 Leigh Leopards vs Wakefield Trinity Trinity Wildcats

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
Crawlers on top of Rivington.

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 / modifying things.

A useful 3d print!



My main PC dual boots Windows 11 & Fedora, my lappy dual boots W11 & Ubuntu. Nicky & the kids are full W11. 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, most time it's a case of why bother unplugging, plugging and all the other faff?

Retro Gamer
Retro setup - Sanwa stick & buttons, Pi4 tucked away inside.