DUNCAN'S PERSONAL PAGE     Last updated 27.02.07   I have three children and a long-suffering wife. I taught in Sweden for a while and we all lived in Melbourne Australia a few years ago while I taught there. The rest of the time we've lived in or near Cambridge. Our house is in the village of Great Shelford a few miles outside of Cambridge, UK. London is an hour away by train. You can see Cambridge if you wish or visit Cambridge Freenet.   For many years I taught at Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon, where I was Head of Learning Resources and INSET coordinator, and taught English including Linguistics at A level. I'm proud to be one of The Friends of Hinchingbrooke House. Now I work partly from home, writing - including education books and resources, researching, designing websites and giving training on English, ICT, websites and Learning Resources. For half the week I'm also editor of the Cambridgeshire Education Portal. It's much more relaxing than the life of a classroom teacher... My favourite pastime is enjoying bacon and eggs with strong coffee while reading the papers on a Sunday morning, then pottering about the garden. Simple pleasures! A couple of times per year I go walking with friends. See Four Blokes Who Walk.     I   I like looking after our hens, who are kind enough to come running when not attacked by the local fox, who cluck happily when I feed them and who never answer back when I tell them my problems. I'm also pretty keen on sheds - wooden, characterful and simple. Every man should have a shed and I flatter myself by thinking that I am a bit of a shedder. In the summer I help to organise The Shelford Festival & Feast which in recent years has raised over a hundred thousand pounds for village activities and the local school. We cook pigs and lambs over a pit on the recreation ground overnight, start serving at midday and sell out by about 6pm. Next Feast: July 10-15th 2007!   I'm still re-reading The Diary of Samuel Pepys which I find is of endless interest. You can read it yourself at my website www.pepys.info . I also have an ongoing hobby of genealogy. My mother's side is Appleby and my father's (surprise!) is Grey.     In the winter I'm stage manager for The Little Shelford Pantomime - a wonderful event where 50 young people show what they're made of in a traditional pantomime written by Katy Marshall, directed by Hazel Stevenson and organised by Sarah Coppendale. Not to be missed! (next panto January 2007 we hope ...)