I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

Sometimes an ember is all we need.

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.

I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.