I live in West Lothian in Scotland. My interest in Archaeology came early in life as I live very close to Cairnpapple which is a large beaker burial site. I was always up there as a kid. My parents also have a love of history and archaeology and they took me around a lot of sites as a child.
I studied Scottish Historical Studies at Uni and did a year of Archaeology in my time there. I really liked it but it wasn’t possible to take it along with History as a degree and I really wanted a historical side to my qualification. So Archaeology had to go. But I am so interested in it and hope to volunteer this summer. Fingers crossed.
My job ended up being nothing to do with History. I am an Educational Liaison Officer for Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh – I am basically in charge of student recruitment. I have to say I love my job and it means a lot of time travelling around Britain with, usually, a wee bit of time on a trip to check out an interesting site close by. It also indulges my other passion – cars! Don’t get me started…..
I have a lovely boyfriend called Robin who also loves TT but in not such a manic way as me!! We are looking to buy a house this year! I also play in a band so am happy to put tunes to anyone’s TT songs! Also available for weddings, parties. . . . . . . . I love my band and have a good time – been doing it since I was 15 – gosh that makes me feel old!
Well that’s all folks! Hope to speak to you all on the forum. Heres to the day we can all appear on TT.
Special Interest Areas
I love the medieval period – especially the time around the Scottish Wars of Independence and the early Stuarts. I am mainly interested in Scotland as that was my degree specialism but I am slowly opening out.