Introduction

I am not going to start by telling you who I am, where I am or why I am here; those who know me will not need such an introduction, and those who don’t know me won’t care.  Everybody here has their own story, they will tell theirs if and when they want to.  This isn’t so much a story as my perspective, a snapshot of a part of the journey along my path; the people, events and places intertwined along the way.  Names have been omitted and certain details left deliberately vague in order to protect the innocent and spare the blushes.