Acknowledgements

I thank my parents Eileen and Bruce Allan for their loving encouragement throughout my life, and my ‘soul sisters’ Maggie Stanley and Pat Veck, always there for me through thick and thin.

My deepest thanks are for my soul mate and husband Tony, who recognised something special in me at the tender age of fifteen. He may not have always understood or agreed with what I did, but his love and support gave me the courage to explore the unknown.

I am grateful to my angels and guides who nudged me into writing down my experiences, and to my publisher Nigel Peace at Local Legend for all his help in making the book what it is today.