Photography In 1975 Andy bought his first camera, a Kodak Brownie 127 before moving on to the Pentax brand. Award winning and published, Andy has been official photographer for Stoke City Ladies for over ten years.

Sailing & Boating In 1982 Andy tried sailing for the first time in North Wales and in 2007 became a qualified yachtmaster. In 2017 Andy qualified as an RYA instructor.

Skiing In 1987 Andy tried skiing for the first time in Italy, by 1989 was taking a group of 44 to Switzerland and became a ski guide in 1994 for Rotaski

Andy Keeling

Andy started his career at Mason Richards, a Wolverhampton based Architectural practice before moving on to Castlemore Securities, the UK’s leading privately owned property developers. In 2001 he started working within the oak framing industry and has designed & built hundreds of oak buildings. Andy has worked with a number of Oak framing manufacturers including Oakwrights, Carpenter Oak, Arboreta, Nationwide Oak, Enville Oak, Prime Oak and Border Oak so has a vast knowledge of the oak framing and planning processes. Andy set up Albion Oak in 2001 designing bespoke oak buildings and in 2012 developed a range of standard buildings for Highgate Sawmills. Andy’s pastimes include Skiing, Photography and Sailing often combining two of the three and in 1995 after many years of supporting the RNLI named a lifeboat after heading up a team to raise enough funds to fund the purchase of an Atlantic 75 rigid inflatable.