I was a city girl until we moved here in 2014. I never even imagined leaving London until 1990, and part of my heart will always belong to that amazing place. However I have embraced life here at the Old Railway Tavern and the beautiful garden I now love.

I was always brought up to appreciate nature by my nature loving parents, especially Mum, and my early childhood happy place was in my maternal grandparents large garden in Sussex.

So here I sit in the wild end of our plot, listening to the birds on this frosty January morning dedicating myself to immersing myself in nature here.

I no longer feel like a transplant; I have put down roots and I plan to grow strongly in this place where I have been planted.