I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end.

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.

Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life