General Information
I am a UK based Wiki user who occasionally adds or updates information to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia Contributions
Not a huge amount so far, but a little on North London Collegiate School, defunct punk band The Faders, a couple of redirects for TMM and Software test, fixing a broken link on Oxford Street (or or might have been Regent Street) and a few hopefully constructive comments on Steve Irwin. I also added a little bit on the reporters on BBC Breakfast News. 25/10/07 - Updated Chris Hughton page after his sacking from Tottenham.
01/10/06 - I wrote my first proper page, about BBC Correspondent, Reeta Chakrabarti.
A little about me
I'm female and in my late thirties. I was born and grew up in a leafy suburb of North London, but now live in a small town aproximately 30 miles north of London.
I was educated at North London Collegiate School, University of the West of England in Bristol and I've also completed study with the Open University.
I was married in July 2008; my husband and I have two daughters, born in February 2006 and October 2007 respectively.
Work
I was originally a software test manager by profession. I am now a Production (post go-live) Service Manager for onboarding ITIL functions. I am full member of both the British Computer Society (BCS) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). I have also gained the BCS ISEB Foundation and Practitioner software testing qualifications. I am also a certified ITIL "Expert".
Travel
I love to travel and I do suffer from Wanderlust! I've visited the folllowing countries:
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Country
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City
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Europe
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Scotland
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Edinburgh
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Wales
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Cardiff, Snowdonia, Vyrnwy
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France
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Paris, French Riviera
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Spain
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Madrid, Barcelona and the Catalunya region
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Italy
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Rome, Sorrento, Rimini
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Germany
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Frankfurt
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Belgium
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Antwerp, Brussels
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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Norway
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Oslo
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Finland
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Helsinki, Tornio
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Denmark
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Copenhagen
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Sweden
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Haparanda
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Iceland
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Reykjavik and surrounding area
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North America
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USA
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Las Vegas,New York,Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco,
U.S. Route 101 (three day drive from Seattle,Washington to San Francisco California)
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Middle East
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Israel
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Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa
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Asia
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Singapore
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Hong Kong
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India
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Bangalore
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Africa
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Morocco
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Marrakesh, Casablanca
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Chad
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N'Djamena
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Zambia
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Countryside & islands north of the Zambezi
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Zimbabwe
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Harare, Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba, Great Zimbabwe
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Oceania
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Australia
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Canberra, Sydney, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
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New Zealand
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Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, North Island touring, South Island touring
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Hobbies and Interests
My interests include:
- Astronomy
- Photography
- Travel (see also my Travel section above)
- Scrapbooking
- Cardmaking
- Football (Soccer), in particular Arsenal FC
- Music, amongst others The Smiths, Radiohead, Garbage, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Crowded House and most of all, Neil Finn.
- General Computing and video gaming
- Films, especially those of Woody Allen
- Pop Culture of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
- I collect Monopoly sets from around the World (don't ask)
External Links
My website: Groovycathers.com
My intermittently updated Blog
Userboxes
| This user passed GO! (…so where is my $200?) |
IT | Hello, I.T. , have you tried turning it off and on again? Is it definitely plugged in? |
? | This user doesn't care what console a game is for as long as it's fun. |