Favourite modes of transport Pushbike - when the roads are traffic free. Trains - I prefer steam trains but electric ones will do at a pinch, it's just so smoooooooth on a train! Feet - I enjoy ambling, window shopping and walking in snow (hope that bit didn't sound too Helen Shapiro)! Horses - but no one will allow me near them. Why I play the instrument I do It started as a Tennis Racket in front of the mirror along with the Monkees records. My father always had a cheap guitar hidden behind the sofa. Seemed like a great girl impressor at the age of 14. Stole my first electric from my youth club got quite good on it then I sneaked in and put it back. It's an easy instrument if you're considering learning. Favourite T.V. programmes Horizon, The Great War, Top of the Pops, Stingray, The Appleyards, Doctor Who, Documentaries in general, Open University, I Claudius and Mickey the Martian. Me and food (favourite) Stinking curries. All vegetarian stuff. Nuts. Loads of rice. Home-made bread. Sweet and Sour Sauce. Thin soups. I dislike violent coloured vegetables. Soy Sauce. Pineapple. Unstinky cheese. I've just rediscovered eggs. Hate snob food. My house is . . . Damp, rent free, has an empty room with just a record player in it, has a real fire, thousands of books, is little, in bad disrepair, full of love, a cat, a rabbit, loads of toys (mine), occaisonally has mice, is bright, not ideal but what the hell. Historical figures I'd like to meet John Lennon - 'Are you upset'? H.G. Wells - 'Where d'ya get your ideas'? Christ - 'Who's your dad'? Hitler - 'So, what if you'd won'? An ancient Briton - 'What's on your mind'? An inhabitant of Mu - 'You shouldn't exist'! What I'd be doing if I wasn't doing this (XTC) Painting (living as an Artisan). Poster work. Cartoonist. Inventor. Writing books. Staying in bed even more. 5 favourite places Being in bed (at an odd angle). The town of Bath, England - nicest place in the world. New York - most exciting, when you need grossness New York can supply it all. Amsterdam - friendly, cosy, bready, cakey and chocky. The seaside - anywhere that has the basic ingredients, i.e., rock, sand, chips, sea, beer, pier and guest houses. 5 best smells Rain on dry concrete. Opening a packet of tea. Wood shavings. Sea air. Bread baking. What animal can I be compared to A Chimpanzee (good fun, an all-round mammal that enjoys scratching and has thick lips). 5 favourite sounding names HOLLY - VOLTAIRE - VICTORIA - CASSIOPEIA - WILLIAM. Favourite shop A shop in Bath, a tiny place which sells old toys and toy soldiers (which I can get passionate aboute). Sadly, they are too highly priced as the owner sees them as money and not solid charm. My time of the year Has to be Christmas because I love the snow, wrapping presents, decorating the tree, being warm, in fact all these corny things and more. Favourite "Square" Possibly Frankie Howard, maybe Flanders and Swan. Best magazines All the sunday colour supplements, the Eagle, tasteful porn magazines, Military Modelling and catalogues. In 1999 I will be 46 years old.

Favourite modes of transport I love trains. Also driving in the country on a nice day with nobody else on the road. Why I play the instrument I do. Why? To show off, impress the girls and make lots of money of course! Favourite T.V. programmes All in the Family (U.S.A.), Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Kojak, Coronation Street, Phil Silvers, Rockford Files and Fawlty Towers. Me and food Let's get one thing straight. I LOVE FOOD. I really love food. Unfortunately my metabolism has been ravaged by the effects of Diabetes, so for the last 13 years I haven't been able to eat as much, or as often, as I would of liked. It's probably just as well, I'd be the size of a house given the chance. I don't care for Pork, Kidneys, Salad, Shell fish or anything I have to pick about at - I like to get 'stuck in'. A few examples of my exquisite culinary tastes are Scrambled Eggs on Toast, Lamb Chops, Indian Curry, Toad in the Hole, Pigs Liver with Onions, Cauliflower Cheese, Sainsbury's Digestive Sweetmeal Creams, etc., the list is endless. Where I live I live in a pokey 'two up two down' terraced house with a dilapidated bathroom out the back which has a hole in the root and enough fungi and other obscure plant life on the walls to stock a tropical hothouse. The Council have just allowed me some money to build a new one so after the Tour it's coming down. At least then I won't have to keep apologising to people every time they want to use the toilet. Still, the house is very warm and cosy, and it's MINE. Ten historical figures I would like to meet Jesus, Cheops, Lily Langtree, Hitlers' Mother, Henry VIII, Jimi Hendrix, L.K. Brunel, and the crew of the Marie Celeste. What I'd be doing if I weren't doing this Working for a living, mate! Five favourite places London in summer. Sydney harbour, especially afternoon tea on the promenade in front of the opera house. Home after a long tour. San Francisco. The english countryside in late summer. Five favourite smells A bakery. Steam locomotives. The inside of my '64 Peugeot 404 (now sadly defunct). Bonfires and fresh cut grass on a late summer evening. The inside of my '58 Gibson Stereo (guitar). Favourite shop Guitar Resurrection, Austin, Texas, or Sainsburys. My time of year Late summer / early autumn. Favourite "Square" Me old Dad. Favourite comedians Michael Palin, John Cleese and Andy Partridge. In 1999 I will be: In me Urn! Favourite magazines Guitar Player and Railway World (to 1967).