| Married to | Barbara (nee Golding) 1955-2003 on 27th Sept 1975 |
| Daughter | Caroline |
| Son | Adrian |
| Granddaughters | Jenifer, Emilia, Olivia |
| Brother | Robin |
| Sister | Nicola |
| The Squirrel School Oxford | 1952-1955 |
| Sunnymeade House School Oxford | 1955-1961 |
| Cheney Technical School Oxford | 1961-1968 |
| University of Sussex (Maths) | 1968-1971 |
| Brighton Polytechnic (Electronic Engineering) | 1972-1975 |
| Sound Diffusion Plastics (Portslade) | 1970 |
| Brighton and Distict Omnimus Company | 1970 |
| Beaver Creek Ranch (Idaho Falls, USA) | 1970 |
| Southdown Bus Company | 1970-1972 |
| Rediffusion Telecommunications Ltd.(Peacehaven) | 1975-1977 |
| Rediffusion Computers Ltd. | 1977-1979 |
| Redifon Flight Simulation Ltd.(Brighton, Hove and Crawley) | 1979-1983 |
| Accent Computers Ltd.(Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill) | 1983-1993 |
| Seiki Systems Ltd. now part of the Kenard Group | 1994-2014 |
| Combro Ltd. | 1990-2025 |
| Dingy sailing | small boats on the Thames |
| Rock climbing | not since 1973 |
| Amateur radio | G8JFT now mostly active FT8 |
| Motorcycle racing | ended after a major injury in 1999 |
| Scuba diving | 1998-2020. (PADI MSD/IANTD CCR MOD2/BSAC ADI) |
| IAM Observer (motorcycles) | 1999-2004 |
| Hang Gliding | 2009-2022 |
| RC Model Helicopters | 2009- |
| Caving | 2009-2023 |
| Archery | 2016- |
| Making things | (Wood, metal, electronics, software) |