What’s one piece of travel advice you always follow?
One I have always believed in…eat where the locals eat and also try what they would eat too.
Personal Goals
Do you set personal goals for yourself?
Well I suppose I might set daily personal goals like get into work by ‘x’ time or go shopping after work…but to be honest I don’t really.
I mean as a trainer I want people to leave feeling the 7 hours etc was worthwhile but even then it is more a work thing than a personal goal.
To be brutally honest I don’t actually know what a lifelong personal goal would look like.
I always wanted to be married with kids and achieved it on a second attempt so yeah maybe I do.
Stress?
How do you manage stress?
It’s not really important how I managed stress. What is actually more important is how you deal with it.
Each of us will hit the bumps in the road at various points in our lives and stress will arrive. Short term stress is natural and helps us move along at times, chronic stress is something different entirely.
The NHS is a useful resource… Best I can do as I am a ex head teacher and current trainer, so my
Oooh Country Bucket List
What’s a country that’s at the top of your bucket list?
Fart bags, I need a bath not a bucket…..
Buuuuut I will shorten it to top three (possibly).
Number One…
Canada:
I actually want to travel along the trans Canadian Highway…4860 miles. Vancouver Island to the Labrador coast. By travel I mean motor vehicle. Not walk!
Number 2…
Japan:
Always had a lovely of all things Japanese so would really, really love to visit.
Number 3…
Norway:
Must be my Viking Blood, which is a bit weird because I have more Breton than Nordic countries in my DNA.
And in No particular order…
To Sudan up the Nile… historical interest
China…a bit like Japan, just an interest in the history of China.
Australia…lot of family moved out there…
New Zealand…a bit like Australia, family moved there in the Great Depression. Also nearly moved out there to teach, but my dad became ill.
Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil.
America: Especially-Texas, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, New York (as I want to go to Fort William Henry). Oh yeah and all the Places the City of New Orleans train route goes through. Basically Chicago to New Orleans…aka on a train. (Just love that song)
That will do for now.
Strategies for SEO!
What are your strategies for SEO?
I thought long and hard about this then had to Google what SEO means….oh the Irony!
Well to put it simply…I don’t. Or if I do, then it is accidental.
Morning Routine
Tell us about your morning routine.
Best Person to describe my Morning Routine is the late, absolutely Great Dolly Parton!
Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch and try to come to life…
If Aliens Arrived
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
Well likelihood is I wouldn’t have a chance as some trigger happy idiot would shoot them… But if somehow they weren’t mercilessly gunned down I would ask if they fancied a cuppa.
Not very original I know, but they have potentially had a long journey and it is good manners to offer them a drink.
My Philosophy
What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by?
Come and sit at my feet and hear my wisdom….
I firmly believe in the saying:
“It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice;”
I honestly don’t care about your race, religion, creed or sexual orientation… All I care about is whether you are nice.
Sorry, you trudged all this way for that!
Other Guru’s and Wise Ones are available.
Coming Home
What’s a place you visited that felt like home?
The odd thing is, when I first rolled off the ferry in Lerwick in February 2006 to attend my interview I honestly felt like I had come home.
Luckily I got the job and am still here. I have lived here longer than anywhere else in the UK and it now is home. I have lived in this house for 18 years now so… Yeah home.
Fictional Pet:
If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be?
Well I must admit I have wracked my brains and pretty much drew a blank from literature. It could have been a cop out and given a stereotypical fantasy answer… Not going to say what as I don’t want to offend anyone.
So anyway literature seems to be up the Swannie (is this a family expression or more widespread?)
So I started looking at Gaming and then thought about the shoulder pets in Ark Survival Evolved and an answer just popped into my head.
This is a Shinehorn. It is a ‘Glow Pet’. This little creature has a built in light system to allow exploration in the dark. It has its own inventory so can be used as a backpack. It is rubbish in a fight and quite frankly I don’t use them any more in game. But think of the savings in Torch batteries.
