It starts in the south of Scotland, born into a mining community surrounded by a large family, mum, dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and all within walking distance. A bubble that included a school, couple of shops and lots and lots of fields, forests, old castles, beeches and rivers.
A mediumistic child, chatting to relations that had passed, passing the info to my much loved grandma until one day it all got too much….
Pit closures sent me, mum, dad and sister to concrete blocks and the big lights of Dumfries. School wasn’t so much fun anymore, at 16 I was done; the Royal Navy beckoned.