User:Groovycathers

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Wikipedia Contributions 3 A little about me 4 Work 5 Travel 6 Hobbies and Interests 7 External Links 8 Userboxes

[edit] General Information

I am a UK based Wiki user who occasionally adds or updates information to Wikipedia.

[edit] Wikipedia Contributions

Not a huge amount so far, but a little on North London Collegiate School, defunct punk band The Faders, a couple of redirects for TMM and Software test, fixing a broken link on Oxford Street (or or might have been Regent Street) and a few hopefully constructive comments on Steve Irwin. I also added a little bit on the reporters on BBC Breakfast News. 25/10/07 - Updated Chris Hughton page after his sacking from Tottenham.

01/10/06 - I wrote my first proper page, about BBC Correspondent, Reeta Chakrabarti.

[edit] A little about me

I'm female and in my early thirties. I was born and grew up in a leafy suburb of North London, but now live in a small town aproximately 30 miles north of London.

I was educated at North London Collegiate School, University of the West of England in Bristol and I've recently completed study with the Open University.

I'm engaged to be married in July 2008; my fiancé and I have a daughter who was born on 14th February 2006.

[edit] Work

I am a software test manager by profession. I am full member of both the British Computer Society (BCS) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). I have also gained the BCS ISEB Foundation and Practitioner software testing qualifications.

[edit] Travel

I love to travel and I do suffer from Wanderlust! I've visited the folllowing countries:

Area	Country	City
Europe	Scotland	Edinburgh
	Wales	Cardiff, Snowdonia, Vyrnwy
	France	Paris, French Riviera
	Spain	Madrid, Barcelona and the Catalunya region
	Italy	Rome, Sorrento, Rimini
	Belgium	Antwerp, Brussels
	The Netherlands	Amsterdam
	Norway	Oslo
	Finland	Helsinki, Tornio
	Denmark	Copenhagen
	Sweden	Haparanda
North America	USA	Las Vegas,New York,Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco, U.S. Route 101 (three day drive from Seattle,Washington to San Francisco California)
Middle East	Israel	Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa
Asia	Singapore
	Hong Kong
Africa	Morocco	Marrakesh, Casablanca
	Chad	N'Djamena
	Zambia	Countryside & islands north of the Zambezi
	Zimbabwe	Harare, Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba, Great Zimbabwe
Oceania	Australia	Canberra, Sydney, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
	New Zealand	Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, North Island touring, South Island touring

[edit] Hobbies and Interests

My interests include:

• Astronomy
• Photography
• Travel (see also my Travel section above)
• Scrapbooking
• Cardmaking
• Football (Soccer), in particular Arsenal FC
• Music, amongst others The Smiths, Radiohead, Garbage, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Crowded House and most of all, Neil Finn.
• General Computing and video gaming
• Films, especially those of Woody Allen
• Pop Culture of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
• I collect Monopoly sets from around the World (don't ask)
• I am also currently a committee member (without portfolio) of the North Herts branch of the National Childbirth Trust.

[edit] External Links

My website: Groovycathers.com

My intermittently updated Blog

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