| Name: |
Andrew Patterson |
| Occupation: |
Development
Analyst (Law) |
|
MCSD (In
Progress) |
|
IS Consultant
(When there's time!) |
|
| Hobbies and
Interests: |
Abseiling |
|
All terrain
Expeditions (Ice - Jungle) |
|
Bouldering |
|
Expedition
Kayaking |
|
Face Climbing |
|
Navigation &
Orienteering |
|
Scrambling |
|
SCUBA Diving (Anything
Marine) |
|
Slalom Kayaking
(Recently Promoted to Division 3 after winning Gold at Div5) |
|
Small Holding
& the Rural Social System |
|
Survivalism |
|
Sustainable
Resources & Self-Sufficiency |
|
4x4 & Camel
Trophy (Anything Land Rover) |
|
| Favourite Bands: |
Pink Floyd, The
Orb, Enya, Clannad, John Lennon, Marylin Manson, Chemical Brothers & The Prodigy! |
| Favourite Movies: |
The Big Blue, K2
& Braveheart |
| Favourite Authors: |
Sven Hassel,
George Orwell & Shakespeare. All reference & Documentatives (Geek!!) |
|
| Motto(s): |
"He who
dares! ...... Rodney!, He who dares!" |
|
"Its not
over until the fat lady sings... between Rodney and the fat Lady, I rarely fail!" |
|
| Favourite Religion: |
Extremism, the
Human Spirit and the World of Mother Nature |
|
| Politics: |
Mostly left of
Mainstream |
|
Rurally
Orientated |
|
Greenpeace |
|
Friends Of The Earth |
|
| Pet Hates: |
The Unemployed
who refuse to work |
|
State Benefits
which encourage the idle |
|
Paying
substantial Tax Bills to support State Benefits |
|
Lloyd Grossman
(He deprives a Village of an idiot - what is that accent? Freak!) |
|
Country &
Western Clubs (Has Britain lost its Pride?) |
|
The loss of
British Spirit ( Hello Europe!) |
|
Bank Charges |
|
Council Tax - For
poor Policing, Justice and the NHS? |
|
The government's
inability to reduce traffic congestion |
|
The government's
inability to protect us from foreign dealerships charging the British over the odds
compared to the rest of Europe, on (let's face it) practically everything! |
|
Closet sportsmen
who comment on real sportsmen from armchairs and bars |
|
Anti-Hunt
Demonstrators who have no Rural Background |
|
Environmentalists
who rarely visit the environment |
|
The Fat
Politicians who have caused most of the above |
|
| Fulfilled
ambitions: |
A weekend lost in
Amsterdam |
|
A smoke under
Belgium's, Menin Gate at Dawn |
|
Gold Medallist
for Canoeing/Slalom |
|
Diving in a
Californian Kelp Forest |
|
Chartered a
Helicopter to Dive Catalina Island (Pacific) |
|
Chartered a
Submarine for Marine Photography (Pacific) |
|
Dived with the
Turtles in Hawaii |
|
Dived 2 Reefs off
of Hanaleii |
|
Mountain Biked
into Hawaii's Grand Canyon |
|
Did Hollywood |
|
| Ambitions: |
Dive the Great
Barrier Reef |
|
Meet the Great
White |
|
Climb Mount
Kilamanjaro |
|
Join a Sleigh
expedition into the arctic circle |
|
Join a Camel
Trophy Expedition |
