I wish I’d been allowed a BMX (hell any kind of bike) when I was a kid. It was the height of the ’80s BMX boom, and I desperately wanted to ride, but wasn’t allowed to. I didn’t actually learn to ride until I was 19, and have been making up for lost time ever since.
I went to a private grammar school which was great – it pushed me academically, which I needed, but there were no practical subjects taught – no metal work, woodwork etc, which is a shame, because I’m naturally good with my hands. If I had my time over again, I’d have not gone to uni and instead done an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker or a luthier.
That all said, it’s not been a bad life so far.