Geoff Sanderson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | retired (ex-RAF Physical Education Officer) |
| Location | North Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Geoff Sanderson was born in 1930 in Yorkshire, North of England. Following school he did a five-year engineering apprenticeship, during which time he took up bicycle touring and racing. It was during long-distance touring in the hill country that he acquired his love of the outdoors. Geoff changed career in 1951 when he joined the Royal Air Force as a Physical Training Instructor, was awarded a commission in 1963, and retired as a Flight Lieutenant admin officer in 1985. During these 34 adventurous years, Geoff married Jill in 1958, sailed and raced dinghies in Zimbabwe, Egypt and Singapore, and took up the sport of fencing. He became a qualified fencing instructor and official, was appointed RAF Team Captain, and was eventually awarded RAF and Combined Services Colours. Following retirement, Geoff ran the admin for Jill’s design/dressmaking business, and also worked helping a friend run an antiques business. Geoff and Jill have lived in North Yorkshire for almost 20 years now, within easy travelling distance of five National Parks, so spend much of their leisure time in hill-walking, photography, writing poetry, and painting. |
| Interests | Hill walking and being in the countryside, photography, writing poetry and short stories, English literature (mainly 19th-century), sharing my photos and writing on the web, international friendship via the web, Japanese culture and people, enjoying life in retirement with my wife Jill. |
| Favorite books | The 19th-century English classic novels. |