He and his wife, Sharon, have decided to stay in Porto­bello. They have bought a steep 4 ha block a couple ofminutes up Highcfiff Rd. They are slowly demolishing what remains of an ancient house, salvaging a few odds and ends that are useful or interesting. Old macrocarpas are being tidied up or felled, bush in the gully fenced off to preserve it, gorse rooted out. A huge old rhododen­dron, decked in spectacular blossoms, will remain, close to the site of their new home.