I was born in Winchester in England on 2nd February 1970. My parents live on a farm in the country so my upbringing was free, innocent and idyllic. I remember warm summer evenings watching the combine harvesters or cold frosty mornings rising early to watch the cows being milked up at the Manor. I was a dreamy child - in fact all my early school reports lamented the fact that I stared out of the window all the time instead of concentrating on my studies. I composed songs on the piano from a very early age and wrote children's stories for my small cousins. I had a penchant for storybooks that came with a corresponding tape and much to my embarrassment I came across an old one I had recorded about twenty years ago, complete with musical interludes of me trilling out unsteadily on the flute or recorder!

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