Living in Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town in the south west of the UK (and the birthplace of Monty Python and fawlty Towers' John Cleese!!), I am now retired (early!!) after nearly 30 years as a teacher, the latter half as head of science in a local high school.

As a Christian ever since I can remember, I am now exploring my own ministry within the Church of England, having recently been accepted for training for ordination within the Anglican Church, and love sharing my knowledge and faith with others. My ordination should be in 2011, after training is complete.

I play the piano, organ and flute, and own my own decent reflector telescope which I use (weather permitting) to observe and photograph the heavens. I have written and published four books in the last few years, and am working on a fifth - with a few other ideas (especially one for my first novel) still in the pipeline.

Married to a Church of England vicar (yes, we have female clergy in the UK) we have two daughters who are grown up and settled with their own partners, but no grandchildren yet!