Hamish Erskine - About Me
I grew up in Scotland, near Edinburgh, but also spent much of my childhood on the remote Isle of Coll in the Scottish Hebrides.
As a teenager, my father was furious when my careers test suggested I should be a plumber! He had envisioned me being ‘more than a plumber’ when sending me to Fettes College, Edinburgh's top private school.
So, en route to becoming a plumber, I gained a degree from Bristol University and had a career as a maths teacher, mainly teaching in Yemen, where I spent 14 years.
After returning to the UK, I felt it was time for a change. So 30 years after that school careers test I finally took my plumber training, and I've never looked back.
I am married and have three children who are now young adults.
I am a Christian.
As a teenager, my father was furious when my careers test suggested I should be a plumber! He had envisioned me being ‘more than a plumber’ when sending me to Fettes College, Edinburgh's top private school.
So, en route to becoming a plumber, I gained a degree from Bristol University and had a career as a maths teacher, mainly teaching in Yemen, where I spent 14 years.
After returning to the UK, I felt it was time for a change. So 30 years after that school careers test I finally took my plumber training, and I've never looked back.
I am married and have three children who are now young adults.
I am a Christian.
Hobbies and Interests
When I was a school teacher, plumbing was simply one of my hobbies. Now that I am a professional plumber, I have developed several other hobbies.
Web design:- When I started my plumbing business, I realised that I needed a good website. Instead of paying someone to make one for me, I decided to learn how to build my own. As my web design skills have grown, they have become hugely advantageous to the way I run my plumbing business. It means I can change whatever I like, whenever I want, without having to rely on a web designer to make the changes for me. It also got me talent-spotted and headhunted for the government's Business is GREAT campaign, and in 2015 I featured in newspapers, on billboards, and on the radio as a model of small business success, making best use of the internet. More recently, I have been learning how to make videos as you can see from my videos page. Having a background as a teacher, in 2017 I created my own online course entitled 'Build a Website with Rapidweaver for Mac'. In a series of 40 videos, you can learn step-by-step how to make a website like this one. I recently made it free!
Faith:- I became a committed Christian while studying at university. Christian topics that especially interest me include the healing ministry of Jesus, and also the study of Biblical prophecies, both about his first coming, and about his second coming. Just recently I published a series of videos about the Star of Bethlehem (see below). I don't usually feel it is my place to initiate conversations about faith while I am plumbing, but I am happy to try to answer any questions you might like to ask me. My faith is central to my life and naturally affects the way I run my plumbing business. Hopefully that comes across if you read my reviews.
Web design:- When I started my plumbing business, I realised that I needed a good website. Instead of paying someone to make one for me, I decided to learn how to build my own. As my web design skills have grown, they have become hugely advantageous to the way I run my plumbing business. It means I can change whatever I like, whenever I want, without having to rely on a web designer to make the changes for me. It also got me talent-spotted and headhunted for the government's Business is GREAT campaign, and in 2015 I featured in newspapers, on billboards, and on the radio as a model of small business success, making best use of the internet. More recently, I have been learning how to make videos as you can see from my videos page. Having a background as a teacher, in 2017 I created my own online course entitled 'Build a Website with Rapidweaver for Mac'. In a series of 40 videos, you can learn step-by-step how to make a website like this one. I recently made it free!
Faith:- I became a committed Christian while studying at university. Christian topics that especially interest me include the healing ministry of Jesus, and also the study of Biblical prophecies, both about his first coming, and about his second coming. Just recently I published a series of videos about the Star of Bethlehem (see below). I don't usually feel it is my place to initiate conversations about faith while I am plumbing, but I am happy to try to answer any questions you might like to ask me. My faith is central to my life and naturally affects the way I run my plumbing business. Hopefully that comes across if you read my reviews.
Note: In case you noticed, I have published these on YouTube under a pen name
Hamish the Plumber16 Ashlands, Salisbury, SP4 6DY
Hamish the Plumber
16 Ashlands, Salisbury, SP4 6DY
16 Ashlands, Salisbury, SP4 6DY
Web design by Hamish? Och aye! That too.
© 2020 Hamish Erskine, h@htp
Web design by Hamish? Och aye! That too.
© 2020 Hamish Erskine, h@htp