I enjoy spending time with friends and volunteering in a local arboretum where I have learnt a lot about trees and the threats they face from new pests and diseases. I write, both fiction and poetry and for several years I taught Creative Writing to adults. During training to become a volunteer in the arboretum I wrote a book, choosing one tree for each week of the year and wove the myths, facts and legends of the trees with excerpts from a journal I kept during the Covid years. I am relearning French after many years and have joined a French conversation group which meets once a month.