Our Current Squad
Where were you born?
Sutton Coldfield
What did you want to be when you grew
up?
A nursery nurse
What was your first job?
Nursery nurse in a local private day nursery
Where and when did you learn to swim?
Burntwood swimming baths - I think I was about 4 - apparently I thought
I could already swim and jumped in!!!
Favourite swimming pool and why?
Swansea 50m pool - because I love 50m pools and its a fairly new pool
so nice and clean! and Ponds Forge comes a very close second!
Ideal job – other than the one
you have?
Expedition leader - taking young peeople into the hills for adventures
around the world - I’m workng on that one as we speak!!
How do you keep fit other than swimming?
Playing in the hills! - I love walking, mountaineering and climbing,
also paddling and a bit of running.
Favourite pastime?
Swimming and all of the above - anything that doesnt involve sitting
still - I’m not very good at that! and socialising with my friends
First record that you bought?
Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
Favourite music?
Current chart stuff
Favourite city?
Perth - Western Australia
What or who makes you laugh?
My friends - either just being with them or the funny things they say
(and the young people I work with who don’t always realise how
funny they are)
Favourite film?
The lion king
Favourite author?
Joe Simpson
Favourite book?
Holding on - Jo Gambi
Four famous dinner party guests? (Dead
or alive!)
Audrey Hepburn,
Mark Foster (to look at!)
Chris Bonnington - for his amazing stories on adventures
Cant think of a fourth!!