married with 3 children all grown up now and my wonderful wife Denise who is my rock and soul mate, and we have two wonderful dogs a west highland terrier called Maggie and a dalmatian called Millie. i was a mechanic for 30 years now on early retirement due to ill health arthritis of the spine and degenerated disks so i now paint watercolours acrylic and oil paint i hope one day soon to teach from home and my hobbies are guitar playing, photography and astrology and model trains.