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I was born in Red Ruth, in the county of Cornwall, England in 1947. Both my parents had served in the armed forces during WW2 and had spent time in East Africa, which was where they met and got married in 1945. In 1948, my parents and I emigrated to East Africa. Before I could speak English my prime language was Swahili, the common language of East Africa which I still speak to-day, although maybe not quite so fluently. Eventually my family moved south to what was then Northern Rhodesia and now Zambia, where from 1960 to 1964 I attended Hillcrest High School in Livingstone, home of the Victoria Falls. From a very young age I was fortunate to develop an affinity with all animals and reptiles and I maintain that to this day. In 1966, I moved back to the UK in order to complete my Master Divers Certificate at the then British Underwater Centre in Dartmouth. Dissolution followed and just after my eighteenth birthday, I joined the British Army and served for twelve years in a number of guises. My first parent Regiment was the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, when they were disbanded by the then Labour government, I was then re-assigned to the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards. In 1973 I met and married my wife, Jeanie. Together we have two wonderful sons, two gorgeous daughters in law and four delightful grandchildren. After leaving the Army, I served for ten years with the Hampshire Constabulary, being based initially in Eastleigh, then as the Silchester Beat Officer at Tadley and then lastly in Basingstoke. Following my service with the Hampshire Constabulary I moved into the transport industry where I gained extensive knowledge, not only of the UK but Europe as well. My interests include photography, wildlife and a passion for flying. In 2019, I retired from our photographic business and started writing at the beginning of 2020. I hadn't set off to write a book at the time. We happened to be in Spain at the period and as occasionally happens, we had a bad weather day. I had started to write describing the iconic landing in Malaga with an over the sea approach and one thing just led to another. My first book, The Cape Agulhas was born. In August of 2020, I suffered a stroke disabling my left side, since then I have persevered to complete the original version of The Cape Agulhas, but now, this the second edition of the book containing references to a mostly completed first prequel (Ingwe) despite my disabilities. Currently I am working on both the prequel and sequel (The Sins of Our Sons) to this book at the same time as spending time marketing the Cape Agulhas.

I was born in Red Ruth, in the county of Cornwall, England in 1947. Both my parents had served in the armed forces during WW2 and had spent time in East Africa, which was where they met and got married in 1945. In 1948, my parents and I emigrated to East Africa. Before I could speak English my prime language was Swahili, the common language of East Africa which I still speak today, although maybe not quite so fluently.


Eventually, my family moved south to what was then Northern Rhodesia and now Zambia, where from 1960 to 1964 I attended Hillcrest High School in Livingstone, home of the Victoria Falls. From a very young age, I was fortunate to develop an affinity with all animals and reptiles and I maintain that to this day. 


In 1966, I moved back to the UK in order to complete my Master Divers Certificate at the then British Underwater Centre in Dartmouth. Dissolution followed and just after my nineteenth birthday, I joined the British Army and served for twelve years in a number of guises. My first parent Regiment was the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, when they were disbanded by the then Labour government, I was then re-assigned to the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards.


 In 1973 I met and married my wife, Jeanie. Together we have two wonderful sons, two gorgeous daughters-in-law and four delightful grandchildren. After leaving the Army, I served for ten years with the Hampshire Constabulary, initially based in Eastleigh, then as the Silchester Beat Officer based at the 'Beat House' in Pamber Heath. My final posting was to Basingstoke.


Following my service with the Hampshire Constabulary, I moved into the transport industry where I gained extensive knowledge, not only of the UK but Europe as well.


My interests include photography, wildlife and a passion for flying. In 2019, I retired from our photographic business and started writing at the beginning of 2020. I hadn't set off to write a book at the time. We happened to be in Spain and as occasionally happens, we had a bad weather day. I had started to write describing the iconic landing in Malaga with an over-the-sea approach and one thing led to another. My first book, The Cape Agulhas was born.


In August of 2020, I suffered a stroke paralysing my left side, since then I have completed the original version of The Cape Agulhas. Now, this is the second edition of the book containing references to a mostly completed first prequel (Ingwe). Currently, I am working on both the prequel and sequel (The Sins of Our Sons) to this book at the same time as spending time marketing the Cape Agulhas.


Two and half years on from my stroke and I have now regained partial use of my left side. For this, I thank Jo-Anne Connors for having got me back in the water and swimming again and of course my loving wife Jeanie for caring and putting up with me.
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