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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="044fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>David Illing</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Illing"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U>About Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family"><U>Family</U></A>   |   <B>Interests</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2043.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#dancing" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dancing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#church" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Church</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#cameras" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Camera</U></A>s</div> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#computers" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Computers</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#motoring" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Motoring</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm#holidays" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Interests"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Holidays</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Interests</I></div> <div> What do I do with my spare time ? ...</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="622" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 179 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="dancing"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="06b59470.jpg" border=0 width="89" height="71" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Dancing</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><div> For a while, Lesley and I could be found most Monday evenings up at the church hall, learning to trip the Light Fantastic at our ballroom dancing class.</div> <div> Well actually, we never did do the Light Fantastic -- I think that's another kind of dancing; but we did, over the sourse of four or five years, learned to waltz, quickstep, tango, cha-cha, rumba, foxtrot, samba, and probably one or two others I've forgotten.</div> <div> Our teachers were Mark and Shannah, and we can thoroughly recommend their classes -- see the <A HREF="http://www.dancebasics.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dancebasics.co.uk/"><U>Dancebasics</U></A> web site.</div> <div> We've rather got out of the habit, lately, but still like to attend the occassional social dance.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 206 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="church"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="06d56690.jpg" border=0 width="86" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Church</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><div> Lesley and I are fairly active in our local parish church.</div> <div> As a Reader, I'm often involved in the Sunday services, and from time to time we take part in group meetings, sometimes as hosts or leaders. </div> <div> There have been a number of Alpha courses run at our church in the last few years, which we have helped with in one way or another, and I've worked with follow-up groups, helping new or renewed Christians to explore the basics of their faith.</div> <div> I'm also on the Church Council.</div> <div> <I>What is "a Reader" ?  -- see </I><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Readers in the Church of England"><U><I>Readers in the Church of England</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>What is an "Alpha Course" ?  -- see </I><A HREF="http://alphacourse.org/default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://alphacourse.org/default.htm"><U><I>the Alpha web site</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>What is "the Church Council" ? -- see </I><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Parish Church Council"><U><I>The Parish Church Council</I></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 150 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="cameras"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="07e55580.gif" border=0 width="85" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Cameras</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><div> I'm interested in cameras that date from the days before whiz-bang technology did it all for you with electronics.</div> <div> I have quite a few in my collection -- upwards of 70 at the last count, which is quite modest, as collections go.</div> <div> Cataloguing my collection is another ongoing but seriously incomplete project, like this web site! -- eventually, I may include the whole thing online, but for the moment you can see a few in <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Camera Collection"><U>My Camera Collection</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="computers"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="0a05f560.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Computers</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="130" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="481" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 123 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="motoring"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="07c694f0.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="79" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Motoring</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><div> My chief interest is my <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MX5"><U>MX-5</U></A>, which is and ongoing project. I've also had a Honda S2000 for a while. Our everyday car is presently a Hond Civic Type-S.</div> <bR> <div> I'm also taking up  marshalling at Oulton Park this year.</div> <bR> <div> I subscribe to Classic & Sports Car magazine, which pretty much sums up my interests.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 148 WIDTH="124"><div> <IMG SRC="0a42c680.gif" border=0 width="44" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Holidays</div> <div>  <A NAME="holidays"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="481"><div> We've reached a stage (actually, been there some time!) where we no longer crave excitement (did we ever?), or feel compelled to explore Strange New Worlds -- in fact we're probably pretty boring.</div> <div> Our holiday pattern for the past several years has been: Lundy in May/June, Menorca in September, and Grasmere in the spring, and the occassional trip to Paris.</div> <div> There are, of course, endless pictures, which one day I will organize -- you can see a few of them in <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday Snaps"><U>Holiday Snaps</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>