AJ and I in Dartmouth on our kayak 18th September 2005, just a day before this website celebrated 10 years on the internet! Welcome to my website! It's been online for close to 30 years. One of the first things I created was this Virtual Edale 'blog' way back in 1996.

I'm a professional climatologist who has had a life long interest in weather. I run a popular UK weather links directory website which I've regularly updated since 1995. I've observed the weather since the mid-1980s initially running a site in Sittingbourne, Kent between 1984 and 2010 ably helped by my late father who maintained the record in my absence. In 2008 I setup my current site in Teignmouth, Devon.

I love exploring and have a great passion for great pubs. Back in 1997 I created a UK pub guide. I aspire to reviving this again adding another 200+ entries! The fieldwork is always much more interesting than the writing up!