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Nick Peers, layabout

Life's not just about work, you know. This section of the Web site covers anything that doesn't earn me a crust, and includes a diverse array of material that probably reveals more about me than I'd like to know.

The site features photos from some of our recent holidays - my worry about global warming has finally encouraged me to stop flitting across the Atlantic to Canada and the US, so future trips will be taken in the UK or on mainland Europe where we can get there by ferry or train.

One thing I have done is move all of my old photos to my MSN Spaces site. This covers our trips to Canada (twice), Finland, Portugal and Dorset, with more to follow from our honeymoon in Kenya. With some clever trickery, I've managed to incorporate the MSN Spaces site into this one, so just click Nick's Photo Album to start viewing them.

The DIY Fence Repair Guide is just one example of my slow, laborious attempts to learn new practical skills. After our successful - if drawn out - attempt to move to Essex in 2005 (a long, painful story related in great depth on my blog), I'm slowly learning new skills that will hopefully stand us in good stead in the future. We're into our second year as holders of an allotment plot for example.

I'm a Birmingham City supporter. The shock of being promoted back to the Premiership is wearing off now (just in time to find ourselves in the middle of a relegation scrap), but I thought I'd do some research into what celebrities have been cursed with the same love for all things royal blue - at least the royal blue that doesn't have a Russian's billions behind it. The results are here. too.