After a career in the Royal Navy and a second career in industry, I did post-graduate research in local history and have gone on from there.

I now speak on a range of topics relating to the canals and local (Rickmansworth area) history, notably the diaries of a local Rickmansworth farmer.

I can cover west Hertfordshire and eastern Buckinghamshire.

All my fees go to the Three Rivers Museum of which I'm chairman.