It’s almost the weekend, and that means it’s time to put your feet up and wind down with a few fun, quick-fire questions. This ‘Time Out’ features Dan Besau, founder and co-owner of the Leeds-based Smart Repairs, the independent cosmetic vehicle repairer.
What is the first thing you do to get the weekend started?
If time permits, I love to go to Trenchers Restaurant in Whitby with all the family, where we enjoy the most wonderful fish and chips.
What is your hobby?
I spend a good deal of my time with my son Joseph and follow his passion for rugby, cricket and swimming. We also enjoy mountain biking together in Dalby Forest and the North Yorkshire Moors with our two dogs.
What is your favourite movie?
Reach for the Sky, starring Kenneth More as Second World War flying ace Douglas Bader. For some reason, this film always happened to be on television just before I was going back to boarding school. It gave me a lot of comfort. I also love the Spiderman, Superman and Ironman films.
If you hadn’t been successful at what you do, what would you be doing instead as a career?
I think I would have enjoyed farming – or any other career which allowed me to spend most of my time outdoors.
If you could have any superpower what would it be?
Permanent good health.
What is your favourite genre of music?
Anything from the 1980s, a golden age for popular music.
If you could travel to any moment in time where would you go?
I would like to go back to the 1920s to see what progress we’ve made during the past 100 years. Alternatively, I would like to revisit 1987 and tell the 16-year-old me that it’s fine not to know what you want to do and to go travelling. I would also visit the Midland Bank manager who told my mother “your son will end up in prison or become a millionaire” and tell him that I’ve done OK.
