Meet the Team

A rare opportunity to go inside the closed doors of the Down the Lane Offices

Webmaster and Chief Executive

Richard Cannon. Eight years of Downshifting experience

              Call Centre                                         Research                                     Energy Saving

Ron has now been with us for 8 months and is always in his Office chair waiting to answer any enquiries the public may have regarding the site. To date, he hasn't had to answer one and is trained not to answer if it's a Credit Card Company

Ginger likes nothing better than a good book to get his paws into. Recent articles include 'The behaviour of the common rat' and 'Carpet stains - how to make them'

Mimi is expert in the field of energy saving and will, without any prompting, sit beside solid fuel burners to study heat loss. Here she is inspecting the thermal capacity of slippers with and without masking tape.
She was actually a white cat once.

                Security                                            Transport                          Under Cover Investigator

Graham, or 'The Rock' as we call him, has not moved from his position since early August. He has been on a strict diet of nothing since June 1987, but appears to drink, as he's always legless.

To enchance the quality control in our delivery service, all chickens are now fully trained in Cycle maintenance and safety procedures. Here we see a typical training day where they are determining the difference between mixed corn and ball bearings.

Since Sapphire found out he is a boy and not a girl, he has become our South Coast correspondant based in Southampton. You may recall his article '20 different ways to serve up Hamster'

           Head Office                                Experimentation                                   Technology

Our head office has recently been fully restored with full air-conditioning.

A part of the Down the Lane mission is to search for ways to make our food go further. Here you see the result of one of our hens being fed on giant courgette for 2 years.


Mission Statement
Down the Lane is committed to deliver a customer focused base of knowledge and information to further enchance the positive and pro-active commissions in relation to the downshifting experience. We are also firmly committed to continue in our quest of championing the way forward and relate this in our slogan....
'volantis satago cras facina'' (We'll do it tomorrow)

After retiring from Professional Football, Tammy has just joined us to oversee the introduction of new IT equipment