A little bit about me
I was born in east London on the 27th January 1981. I lived on the edge of London, then moved to Kingussie in the Highlands of Scotland. I have also lived in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland; Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland; North Bay, Ontario, Canada; Avoch on the Black Isle, North Scotland; Inverness, Scotland; Fort William, West Coast of Scotland; and now the beautiful city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. I studied for Architecture but left that behind when I started my own business, Cali Net, in Spring 1998. During my time there I spent a lot of time travelling around the UK on business and working with very talented people on many fantastic and industry revolutionising projects.I spent a year travelling and then went to work for Cap Gemini Ernst and Young. I worked for HotScot Technology before setting up another company - GoEffect - with Rob Hilken, a former co-worker from Cali Net, specialising in Internet Marketing for the travel industry.
Since travelling in Canada in 2002 I have been putting together a Canadian travel website which in the past few years has grown in size and popularity. Trail Canada, my website, is the most popular independent travel guide to Canada. I now run Trail Canada as the main website for my company Peragro Media. I am also Vice President of Business Development at Travel Masters.
During my time in Canada in 2002 I met Vanessa. We have travelled many places together and spent a lot of time, money and effort seeing each other crossing back and forth across between Canada and the UK.
In September 2004 I moved to Vancouver to be with Vanessa and on June 16, 2005 we were married at a small, intimate and perfect ceremony in Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park. Our reception (kept a secret to the guests until they arrived) was held at the top of Grouse Mountain overlooking the city of Vancouver, English Bay and beyond.
It took some time and effort but I managed to overcome the trials and tribulations of immigration to Canada. I lived briefly by Commercial Drive, Vancouver and for a few years Vancouver’s West End. Now I live on the North Shore in North Vancouver.
