50-something wife and mother, living in a rambling old farmhouse in rural Wales and hoping to downsize to Devon soon. I am a complete bookaholic and downsizing with the number of books my husband and I possess is going to be a nightmare! I love the countryside, and the social history of the countryside which has partly come about through family history research. I have been keen on botany since I was 6.
I love to bake, make jams and chutneys and jellies, make my own bread, cook from scratch. I love old buildings, historical places, archaeology especially the Picts and British prehistory. I keep threatening to write a book. One of these days I will . . .