Coming from a long history of bagpipers in the family, my great grandfather first got me interested in piping at a very young age. At the age of 16 I was playing for the Essex Caledonian Pipe band in which I competed at grade 4 and grade 3 at many competitions that included the European championships and cowel games.
I then became pipe major of the Britannia Pipe Band for four years before moving here to Cornwall.