My name is Michael.

Born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, I spent 10 years at boarding school before going out to Southern Rhodesia where I joined the British South Africa Police.  After my discharge, I lived in Durban, South Africa then spent the next few years or so in the UK, South Africa and the Middle East working mainly in three occupations - paper, television and transport.  Back in the UK in the '80's, I worked in the construction and computer industries.

Both my wife and I now live on the Isle of Eriskay in The Outer Hebrides which are a group of islands off the West Coast of Scotland and have two grown-up daughters, an 'attentive' son-in-law and three grandsons who live in Sussex.

The title of my web site, "Saorsa", is the Gaelic word for "Freedom" and it's also the name of my 21' diesel cruiser on which I go out whenever I get the chance ..... and whenever the weather allows.