I have numerous other interests and hobbies apart from our animals and coming from the North East of England a great passion about football or soccer as it is known in some countries, Sunderland Football Club is my team, and it is my parents passion as well, even today in their eighties!!! I like most music but especially rock music and was brought up listening to the Likes of Led Zeppelin,Deep Puple,Black Sabbath,The Who,Cream and Free. Of the modern era I like most of what U2 have done over the years and INXS ( Like Sue ) and I am very much into The Wedding Present and Nickleback and like what I have heard of a group called Orson (great first album) and very recently I went to see The Proclaimers and Carter-USM in a two week period, as different as chalk and cheese, but both highly entertaining in their own right. I like most ball sports including Tennis, Rugby ( both union & league ) American Football, Baseball and Cricket but Golf is a sport I wished I had taken up much earlier in life as I found I had a great passion for it, unfortunately injury has curtailed my participation for nearly a year now. I like reading, mostly fiction for fun and relaxation and I am constantly educating myself as I try and stay abreast of this modern world and all the advancements in technology including the internet and all it has to bring for mankind. Relaxation is a good walk with Sue and the dogs...nothing better than having company you love and enjoy, I hope that lasts forever.