I was born in London left there at 5 years old and moved to Sheffield I lived in Eccleshall and went to school Mylnhurst convent school and then on to
Silverdale . I moved to Swansea in 1962 and then on to Chester where I worked at the Grosvenor Hotel and then at the College of Law in Christleton, in
1977 I went to work for a family in Sardinia and then to the MMB near Wrexham. I got married to a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy and travelled with for a couple of years before having my eldest son Dominic in 1983 and then Matthew in 1985.