Hello, I'm Journeymouse, also known as Jo Thomas in the real world. Welcome to my Home Page, brought to you with the help of Mambo CMS and a cast of thousands. I can also be found through Facebook [External Link] and Twitter [External Link]. Don't expect sensible comment.

Amongst other things, I'm into genealogy, historical fencing and writing (see the menu items above). Fencing is usually once a week and the other two happen whenever I have the time and inclination. These aren't so much my main activities as the easiest to share and talk about.

I also enjoy walking - just as well with a dog who requires daily exercise - and have been known to express an interest in wildlife (I used to want to be a nature reserve warden when I grew up, now I'm back to plan A - earning a living). Sometimes I even remember to take a camera with me. Some of these photos even make it to my Facebook profile and are publicly available. Please give credit, etc.

I play World of Warcraft [External Link], an online fantasy RPG. I can be found on the Skullcrusher server most Monday evenings and some Tuesday evenigs or weekends if I find the time. I'm part of the Horde and therefore a "bad guy" - playing orcs, trolls, tauren, blood elves and undead. I prefer tauren (moo-cows!) and my main is a tauren warrior called Journeymouse.

I occasionally play at blacksmithing with the help of Cold Hanworth Forge [External Link]. I may eventually end up with enough photos of my work to make it worthwhile starting a new section of the website.

I enjoy watching rugby, both union and league, but only really watch the union internationals. If I watched all the rugby I wanted, I'd never have time for anything else. Thanks to my welsh granpa, I cheer for the Welsh national team(s). But don't expect me to sing the anthem - I don't know the words!

As for work, I am happily employed (yes, it's possible!) by the Waste Recycling Group [External Link] as the Closed Sites Technical Manager in South Yorkshire. This is my main time-sink and I love a lot of what I do but you may have noticed it's not my main interest.

You may have put two and two together with my earlier mention of photography and with having photos as part of the site design (also my work), so heres's some background.

• The photo in the header was taken from the bathroom window of the house I grew up in. It's (now) in North Lincolnshire and is rather flat. Which makes for some bleak horizon shots. I would describe them as "nicely bleak" if the words weren't, well, antonyms.
• The photo in the footer (you mean you haven't got to the bottom, yet?) is one I took of Pen-Y-Ghent (in Yorkshire) several years ago. Look it up on Wikipedia [External Link] if you don't know what I'm talking about. Basically, I'm using it because I like it.

ASIDE: Although, the wikipedia entry neglects to mention that "Ghent" is usually translated as "border" - and incidentally is often changed to "Kent" in other names, like the Lancashire river and the southern county...