Born & brought up in Scotland.  Studied biology at Edinburgh University and after some post-graduate research turned into a Librarian, working at the Zoological Society of London.  Married with two teenage daughters and now living in Bristol.  Have had life-long involvement with Christian church of varying denominations and am now working to being an Anglican lay minister.  Earth Abbey seems to me to be a promising place to explore my key interests in the natural world, science, and faith.