Name:  Andrew Foster

Born:  7^th June 1967

Age at start of journey:  42

Status:  Married to Anne-Marie Foster for eight great years

Occupation: Product Manager at a software company (PrismTech Limited www.prismtech.com)

Family Details: two great step kids, Laura (age 23) and Mathew (age 19), two great dogs (Bichons) , Roxie (age 1 and a bit) and Tillie (age one and a bit and a bit more ).

Hobbies:  most sport although I’m not particularly good at any. Really like scuba diving, golf and music (playing guitar although I’m rubbish after many years of trying to play) and of course motor bikes (a fairly recent  hobby – mid life crisis and all that!)

Motor Bike: CB600F (2003)

Favourite thing:  spending time with wife

Personality: grumpy and easily stressed

Hopes for the trip:  go to lots of great places, ride some great roads, don’t get killed, make sure brother and Karl don’t killed either. Also hope wife is still there when I get back (thanks for the pass by the way).