For a long time Gill has been a perennial student, studying for a degree in Humanities, followed by a year of Art History (a course with a week's residential school in London).Her project for the next two years is an MA in History which seems to have taken over her life. She has been researching material for a book, involving a trip to Paris (such a hardship) and has recently attended a language course in Lyon to brush up her French language skills.

Tony is the Finance Director of a large company.He also writes articles for CIMA. Holidays allow him to completely unwind. He edits the reviews and offers his own brand of humour (Gill tries to tame it before publication. Sometimes Tony is too quick for her and slips in a few witty words before she notices!).

Gill's study overlooks the rolling Worcestershire country side. She and Tony live in a beautiful part of England, near Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare country). We have nuthatches, woodpeckers, tree creepers and a little owl in the garden. Reg, our semi-tame pheasant has survived the shooting season yet again. Wild rabbits and badgers take delight in digging up our lawns.On rare occasions we have caught a fleeting glimpse of a tiny Muntjak deer. We also have lots of exceedingly clever squirrels who delight in unscrewing the bird feeders. We have a couple of very shy foxes who spend their lives coveting our neighbours' prize chickens.Our neighbours also keep rare breed sheep,so we have all the pleasure of looking at them without the responsibility.

Our hobbies are travel (obviously), reading, music, wine, theatre and photography. Tony's hobby is portrait photography. See his collection by clicking on the fotothing link at the top of our profile page.We like languages and once learned to get by in Arabic from a couple of BBC cassette tapes bought in a sale.

Tony has also been to some unusual places in the course of his work. Papua New Guinea, The Philippines and Ghana to name but a few. We have had some extraordinary experiences on our travels. Tony has eaten cane rat and ceremonial goat's liver. We have visited a rat temple in India and been bitten unmercifully by mosquitoes in Borneo. We have also been guests of honour at a village wedding in Laos

Ambitions for future holidays include visits to Cambodia, China and Japan, oh and we are looking forward to a helecopter ride over nearby Kenilworth and Warwick castle (very soon).