Most of my family is involved in agriculture and I maintain a keen interest.

I was brought up in the depths of the countryside and have always been interested in the formation, traditions and way of life.

Kent & Sussex were noted the top 2 counties for great gardens & gardeners. Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place

Racing - flat and national hunt. All sports except football.

So much of English life. History is here. My religion is important to me.

Mummers plays, point-to-points, sheepdog trials, apple feasts, wassails, sweeps' festivals; even the Bognor birdman! What a variety.

Tasty locally grown food is of interest to us all - we can follow its development from field to plate - or glass.

England's own invasion beaches - Roman & Norman. Many historic figures have made their mark on the South East

Rudyard Kipling, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Bloomsbury set, Fanny Burney, E F Benson, Conan Doyle, Hilaire Belloc - what a feast.

Wonderful buildings with treasures galore, following the development of civilised living. Houses that have matured over the centuries.