User:Groovycathers

General Information

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

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.

A little about me

I'm female and in my late 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 also completed study with the Open University.

I was married in July 2008; my husband and I have two daughters, born in February 2006 and October 2007 respectively.

Work

I was originally a software test manager by profession. I am now a Production (post go-live) Service Manager for onboarding ITIL functions. 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. I am also a certified ITIL "Expert".

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
	Germany	Frankfurt
	Belgium	Antwerp, Brussels
	The Netherlands	Amsterdam
	Norway	Oslo
	Finland	Helsinki, Tornio
	Denmark	Copenhagen
	Sweden	Haparanda
	Iceland	Reykjavik and surrounding area
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
	India	Bangalore
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