ABOUT ME
Hey, I'm Ash
My name is Ashley Platt, and I am the founder and editor of lethalpasty.com. This is my second attempt at a blog after my original, PlattyLeaks, sadly fizzled out and never recovered.
So, welcome to Lethal Pasty! If you know me, you might already have an idea why it's called that. Here’s a bit about me in a few sentences.
I’ve recently returned to the UK after spending 14 years living across the Middle East. Now back home, I’m adjusting to life in England once again. I’m married to an incredibly patient wife, have three amazing grown-up sons (Yes, my name is Ashley, and yes, I’m male—an English thing for any confused Americans), a Springer Spaniel, a Parrot.
As this blog unfolds, you’ll get a sense of my typically dry, sarcastic English humour, reflections on my time in the Middle East, and my experiences settling back into life in the UK. Expect plenty of observations, rants, and the occasional tale of household chaos. Welcome aboard!
My Story
I was born in a small town just outside Manchester in the UK at the end of the 60s. At school, I was pretty quiet but not bad at sports, as I could run pretty quickly.
I decided to join the Military at 16 and had an amazing 5 years visiting amazing countries, meeting interesting people and climbing their mountains canoeing down their rivers, or cycling through their towns I was still fast at running but not quite as quick as I was before
So At 21, I left the Military with a bit of a sore knee and went into the wines and spirits trade working in a department store and selling the one thing that I seemed to spend all my money on in the Military. At this stage, I could just about run
Next, I kinda fell into railways working across many roles in the operations side of things like ticket inspector tram driver and finally into the control room. I got fat so I stopped running!
In 2009 I moved to the Middle East to work on Rail projects across the region and liked it so much that I'm still here, moving from country to country. Definitely too hot, and I have two bad knees now to start running again, so I started walking, but that's another story.
