With the two older chidren both at university I have a little more time for play than in the past, though as I write this it is the Easter holiday and we are putting in the
driving test prep hours. We still have a younger daughter keeping us busy!
I’ve always been sporty though this aging body of mine is limiting what I can do nowadays so I increasingly live vicariously through my children in this regard. Rugby
used to be a minor obsession, until the 2011 World Cup after which this all started to change.;( I ensure I exercise (almost) daily: mainly weight training and utility
cycling – which nowadays mainly entails cycling with daughter to and from her school. It won’t be a surprise to any cyclist reading that I have consequently developed a
bit of a bee in my bonnet about poor and illegal driving and parking standards, 'car culture' or motonormativity,
as well as the related areas of sustainable transport development, liveable cities and (more widely) public transport.
I have learnt Welsh as an adult. I (arguably) achieved fluency but wouldn’t claim that currently because I fail to practice sufficiently. This is something I hope to work on now
that I have more time. Learning Welsh and more about Welsh history has, in part, led to me becoming more politically aware, and not just in regards to being very pro Welsh language/ culture / independence.
For familial reasons I am approaching a 1000 days Russian learning streak on Duolingo!
EDM is a favourite and I've long been wanting to get into producing a few tracks. Perhaps if I type it here it'll happen.;)