User:Jimmy Pitt/Bio

Who I am     I made my first Wikipedia edit in December 2004, as an anonymous user, but it was January 2006 before I summoned up enough energy to open a user account — "make haste slowly" could be my motto! My interests are varied, but include history (especially military history), recreational maths, philosophy, birdwatching and anything to do with natural history, rugby union and cricket, and literature. My earliest contributions to Wikipedia related to rugby union — which I played in my youth and have followed with keen interest for over 40 years — and P G Wodehouse: I have all his books, hundreds of his magazine articles, and a fairly complete collection of biographies, reference works, and works of criticism; I also maintain a website devoted to his work and am an active contributor to discussion groups relating to him. Recently I've been trying to add to articles on County Durham, where I now live, and have just finished creating over 80 articles on the county's Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Where I've been     I was born in the north of England, spent much of my working life in the sub-tropics, returned to the (very slightly) warmer climate of Surrey, in southern England, and recently returned back to the North. I've lived (minimum one year) and worked in:           My work took me to: Africa:                   Asia & Oceania:       Americas:             Europe:           Places I've visited on holiday: Africa:   Asia & Oceania:         Europe:           Places where I never left the airport (so they don't really count):