I love my home county of Yorkshire. We are the UK's biggest county (historic county boundary) and we are a country in our own right. I write every Saturday for the Yorkshire Post, mainly about farming and the countryside, but I also write about Yorkshire's great characters in the Yorkshire Post Magazine published each Saturday in the main paper. I've written for the YP for over 30 years and I wear it like a badge of pride. When I was a kid, batting on the beach at Scarborough, I was Geoffrey Boycott. I was born in Kingston upon Hull. I've worked in media all my working life - Hull Daily Mail, Yorkshire Post, Viking FM, BBC Radio. I've had over 20 books published. I follow Hull Kingston Rovers, Hull City, Leeds United, Yorkshire CCC. I've opened the batting for my village team, I've played for Farndale in the North York Moors. I'm currently playing Masters Rugby League for Southlands who play on the iconic Knavesmire at York Racecourse. I am a keen runner of everything from 5K to half marathons. I live in Aberford and run the Aberford Literature Festival, Aberford Authors, Aberford Youth Authors, Aberford Junior Authors, Aberford Authors Drama Collective. I've acted in all kinds of plays and pantomimes (Oh Yes I have!) from John Godber's Happy Families to Jean Anouilh's Antigone; from a musical about William Wilberforce to I, Claudius. I've even written two pantomimes. My books are the unique and No 1 on Amazon crime thriller series that features fictitious rugby league star Greg Duggan; my children's books about Milkman Mike; and autobiographies/biographies on many Yorkshire people including Tony Christie and Joe Longthorne. I've played as singer/guitarist at theatres throughout the UK supporting Joe Longthorne, Midge Ure, Billy Pearce and Heatwave. I've toured Yorkshire with my one-man show. I've also released my own solo albums of all my own songs. This year I will have three new releases (two novels, one autobiographical about my 35 years writing about farming) plus already had two new releases - books of radio plays written in collaboration with Aberford Authors Drama Collective, to be performed 'live' at Writing On Air. If you'd like an inspirational, fun talk about how one county makes a difference, I'm your guy!