Welcome to my site. Most of my writing is concerned with the natural environment, either issues of environmental policy and practice or the more esoteric material covering nature-based sprituality and eco-philosophy or sometimes just an account of my experiences when out and about in that environment.

I am a 55-year old father of four adult children currently living with my wife, Nicola, cats, chickens  and a contantly changing population of  dogs (we foster for a local rescue) in a village in the historic Rockingham Forest area of Northamptonshire. Having  taken a year  out in 2022, as of February 2023 I am Chief Executive of the British Wheel of Yoga, a membership charity, training organisation and the National Governing  Body for Yoga. Before my year out, I spent two  years as CEO of the Centre for  Alternative Technology and prior  to that was Director of the  Bradgate Park Trust for nearly seven years.

Professionally, I initially qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and subsequently  added further qualifications in Finance and Coaching & Mentoring and have held a range of senior positions in both public sector and charitable organisations. Probably the most high profile of these before joining CAT was my stint as Director of Countryside & Land Management at the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority from 2004 to 2007.

It was while living in our secluded valley in the Brecon Beacons that I started to take a real interest in environmental policy and the way in which our elected governments have little interest in tackling some of the big issues that are not easily solved within the context of their short political lives. It was in 2006 that my boss discovered I was hanging out at the protest camp that had been set up on the route of the long distance gas pipeline through the National Park that the Authority was spinelessly acquiescing to. Not a great career move and it certainly shattered any illusions I had about the effectiveness of public sector organisations in protecting the environment. It was also around this time that the Archdruid of Glastonbury & Stonehenge came for lunch and things started to get weird…

As well as the ‘day job’ I am a non-executive Director of Wellcome Trust Trading Limited and Chairman  of Governors at Wellingborough School. I am a blackbelt in karate, grow my own fruit and vegetables, make wine and cider and enjoy walking up mountains, although these days I enjoy walking down them even more.