I loved reading: under the bed covers with a torch, inside the linen cupboard, on my grandmother’s rather large window ledge. Anywhere I could get a bit of peace and quiet in fact.

Favourites included all the Secret Seven books, Moonfleet, the Narnia titles and a series of books about children having adventures in the Fells (if anyone remembers the titles please let me know!). I was forever imagining a life full of adventure and scares.