Bridge

I qualified as an English Bridge Union tournament director and am an occasional player at county and national events. I'm a current or past member of these duplicate bridge clubs:

• North Cambridge Bridge Club

• Cottenham Bridge Club

• The Thursday Club (Trinity College, Cambridge)

• Stamford Bridge Club

Amateur dramatics: sound and lighting for twelve productions of the Shoestring Company in Stamford 

Squash, real tennis, badminton and racket ball

In 2015, I started playing Real Tennis and currently have a handicap of 74 (which won't get much worse, I hope!)

In 2017, after 45 years, medial meniscus damage led to me finally and reluctantly giving up squash and racket ball, although I still play badminton.

Qualified PADI Open Water SCUBA diver

Intermittent/incompetent golfer

Bell ringer in Avon and Somerset in the 70s

Runner since 2019, with three half-marathons (so far).

I'm a keen fell walker, when given the opportunity from the Fens! With achievements:

• Highest points in Africa, South East Asia and Northern Europe

• Annapurna circuit (17,769 feet); Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet); Mount Kinabalu, Borneo (13,435 feet); Galdhopiggen (8,100 feet)

• Milford Track/tramp and Tongariro Alpine Crossing in New Zealand

• Wainwright's Coast to Coast (192 miles)

Skier since 1979, including several ski mountaineering tours, the most challenging of which was the Hoch Koenig in Austria