Other Interests

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.

E46 on Rivington
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.

25m Range
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 league leaders 2024
Wigan winning the League Leaders Shield in 2024.

Super League table

Live standings for Wigan & Leigh

Betfred Super League 2026 — Table

PosTeamPWLPts
1 Leeds Rhinos 14 11 3 22
2 Warrington Wolves 13 11 2 22
3 Hull KR 13 9 4 18
4 Wigan Warriors 14 9 5 18
5 Wakefield Trinity 14 9 5 18
6 St Helens 14 9 5 18
7 Leigh Leopards 14 8 6 16
8 Catalans Dragons 14 7 7 14
9 Hull F.C. 14 5 9 10
10 Bradford Bulls 14 5 9 10
11 Castleford Tigers 14 5 9 10
12 Toulouse Olympique 14 4 10 8
13 York Knights 14 3 11 6
14 Huddersfield Giants 14 2 12 4

Source: Wikipedia via MediaWiki API. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wigan Warriors — Snapshot

Position: #4 · Played: 14 · Won: 9 · Lost: 5

Recent results

  • 12th June '26 WakefieldWakefield Trinity Wildcats vs Wigan WarWigan Warriors 10–48
  • 6th June '26 Catalans Dragons Dragons Catalans Dragons Dragons Dragons vs Wigan WarWigan Warriors 16–40

Upcoming

  • 20th June '26 York City Knights vs Wigan Warriors

Leigh Leopards — Snapshot

Position: #7 · Played: 14 · Won: 8 · Lost: 6

Recent results

  • 14th June '26 Bradford Bradford Bulls vs Leigh LeoLeigh Leopards 12–38
  • 5th June '26 CastleforCastleford Tigers vs Leigh LeoLeigh Leopards 14–24

Upcoming

  • 19th June '26 Hull Kingston Rovers 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!

RC crawlers on Rivington
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?

Retro gaming setup with Sanwa stick and buttons
Retro setup — Sanwa stick & buttons, Pi 4 tucked away inside.