After moving to London in the early 80s, I became a frequent visitor to Bricket Wood Common and the footpaths in the south of the district.
My work in card-based payment systems, however, took me much further afield. After travelling extensively as a family we moved, in 1999, to the area we had previously visited as an escape from London.
I was elected to St Albans District Council in 2004 and have served the people of Park Street and Bricket Wood as a ward councillor for 17 years, originally as a member of a political party but, from 2018, as an independent.