Stephen Stewart.

It seems to be traditional on personal home pages to include a photograph and biographical details, so I shall.

I was born in Stockton, England and attended Lady Lumley's school in Pickering, Yorkshire. After graduating from York University with a degree in Physics I travelled to India with 500 other students as part of the Comex 3 expedition organised by Lionel Gregory.

Having failed to be accepted by VSO I organised my own "Voluntary Service Overseas" and spent 18 months working as a mechanic in a mission hospital (St. Lucy's) at Tsolo in the Transkei (South Africa).

Travelling in an old Land Rover, I returned to Europe by driving north to Kenya, shipping the vehicle to India and then driving back via central Afghanistan (an extraordinarily beautiful country).

I next worked for Encounter Overland driving trucks from London to Johannesburg and London to Kathmandu.

As a "proper" job I worked for twenty years in the computer industry (I was the technical director of DRS Data & Research Services plc).

I retired early, very early!

I now live in Calverton (in the countryside just outside Milton Keynes in England) and spend much of my time travelling, recovering from travelling and preparing to travel in my campervan.

So far I visited 110 countries and hope to keep travelling for a long long time.

Timing is an important consideration in the efficacy of a rain dance.

My book of the month is:
God is not Great.
by Christopher Hitchens