Hello!
I was born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1967.
Instead of having a serious career, I went off backpacking around Europe, got mugged, caught in a Yugoslavian train fire, and locked in a foreign toilet for two hours because no-one spoke English. Returning to the UK I became a Sales Assistant.
Fed up with my new high flying job, I quit and flew to Australia to backpack for several months. Here, I hung out briefly with The Most Miserable Person in the World before succumbing to the call of roughing it around Australia. In short, I slept in a coach park, a swag and a ‘garage’.
Keen to experience the Mardi Gras post-parade party of 1996, I pretended to be a lesbian to get in and partied the night away while observing muscled men clad in G-strings, trainers and nothing else. I considered returning the following year.
Wondering whether the ocean would be as adventurous as land, I flew to Cape Canaveral, Florida, joined a cruise ship and became what’s known in the profession as a Shoppie with Privileges. This meant Officer Parties and lots of shore leave.
I followed this with a shrewd career move and became an underpaid waitress, which meant fewer times ashore and regular ‘punishment’ for forgetting the menu listing. And there were definitely no Officer Parties.
Somehow I ended up on stage performing in shows twice nightly, doing a cruise ship version of The Generation Game and appearing on Wish You Were Here for 3 seconds. I found stardom was ‘me’.
Shorter trips followed – America to Spain.
Eventually I stuffed my backpack in a cupboard, got a mortgage, a flat, a car and a 9 – 5 job. I began a BA in Humanities to make myself feel intelligent and a course with Writers Bureau on How to Write Articles the Correct Way. I am giving Kangaroo Land a another revamp edit, entering competitions, and submitting Readers Letters because they are a little easier to get published and I could do with the extra income.
I keep fit by walking around the village day-dreaming about the next thing I'll write, which in turn prevents a Writer’s Bum developing.
I have a den for winter writing, and a summerhouse for summer writing and indulging in a glass of wine – or three. Ray and I have an old house, four cats, a couple of hedgehogss and a bunch of squirrels!!
Lesley x
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