Duncan Grey

“A room without books
Is as a body without a soul”
Cicero

Ten Facts about me:

I have three children and a long-suffering wife.
I did my teacher training in County Durham, have taught mostly in Cambridgeshire but also in Sweden and Australia
My favourite pastime is enjoying bacon and eggs with strong coffee while reading the papers on a Sunday morning, then pottering about the garden. I love reading - papers, magazines, fiction, non-fiction it's always a pleasure.
I also like to go walking with friends. See Four Blokes Who Walk. I'm also aiming to walk in every traditional county of the UK - which should keep me busy until my knees give way ....
In the summer I help to organise The Shelford Festival & Feast which raises money for good causes and entertains the good people of Shelford.
I have an ongoing hobby of genealogy. My mother's side is Appleby and my father's (surprise!) is Grey.
My pets are my happy hens and my lazy cat.
I love to travel and to record my trips with a camera and a journal. Photos are in need of re-publishing now that the excellent Photoshop Gallery has closed. A retirement activity, I think ...
I like chopping wood for my wood burning stove; it keeps me warm every way - loading and unloading, stacking, cutting, splitting and burning; a wood-burning stove is a pleasure.
I have a narrow boat called Patience - whose adventures are recorded in my blog Patience Afloat .