I was born in a busy Nottingham suburb in the early sixties to a hard working family, along with four other brothers and sisters. I left school at seventeen to go straight into work. In two thousand and six I moved to rural Lincolnshire where I still now reside. I have worked with children and young adults for a great deal of my life, of which includes non-mainstream school, youth work, school clubs and even driving instructing. Now having taken early retirement in two thousand and sixteen I can usually be found walking my dog down quiet country lanes where I get a lot of my inspiration from the wide open spaces. My other passions in life apart from my partner and animals are classic cars.