Over the years, far more than I now care to disclose, I have had many interests some of which I have matured and grown out of whilst others just ran their course and disappeared.

I was born and brought up in Llanallgo, near Moelfre in Anglesey so Welsh is my first language. We moved to Pembrokeshire when I was 10 years old and as that part of Wales is predominently English speaking my Welsh was left to rust. I regained it when I was in my mid 40s by going to creative writing classes in Gregynog in mid Wales. I later enjoyed teaching Welsh at Presteigne, Weobley and Llandrindod Wells. I was totally immersed in teaching and working with students and published a monthly newsletter called 'Y Wennol' which later became a website. Later still it became this. The Welsh stories that are contained here were written for the amusement of Welsh students.

I enjoy being outdoors and a camera is always a good companion, that is how my interest in photography started. Briefly I belonged to the local camera club but all too often the subject of discussion came back to which had the real skill - digital or film. I got bored and left them to it. I started going on courses organised by Garry Brannigan of Digital Dawn and began looking at photography differently. I really began to learn, but also realised that learning is a never-ending journey.

Although I have always been a keen cyclist I suppose I was always a fair-weather one, putting my bike away each winter. Then I joined my local cycling group and now cycle all the year round and in almost all weathers. Any group of friends consists of a variety of characters and soon I started dabbling with story-telling again (but this time in English). At first the stories were confined to our monthly away days but then became a weekly feature. Writing the stories gives me the freedom to be outrageous in a gently teasing way. It makes life fun.