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Speckledgoat in a nutshell:

- I am thirty-three years old
- I went to Hall Mead School, then, Havering Sixth Form College in Essex.
- I once met Rolf Harris
- ...and Tony Hart
- ...however I didn't spot David Wicks in a pub in Greenwich when everyone else did
- I went to the University of Greenwich to complete a B/Ed (Hons) Primary. I spent too much time in the Student Union, not enough time at lectures and didn't really know what the library looked like. I passed. Just.
- I teach Year 6 at a wonderful school just outside Maidstone.
- For some bizarre reason, I am also the Assistant Headteacher there.
- I love Marmite
- I don't eat animals or fish
- I have lived in Elm Park, Rainham, Dagenham, Romford, Eltham, Sidcup, Tonbridge and now Herne Bay. Since leaving home have moved to a different place roughly every two years.
- I get itchy feet and cabin fever
- I share my flat with two beautiful cats, one of which has an anxiety disorder and the loveliest husband of all
- I spend most of my time at work, some sleeping, a bit making fuss of the cats, a fair chunk adventuring with our short-haired poet, Nick, as well as talking to my mum and trying to entice Matt and Mary to the pub.
- I will read anything, but my favourites are anything by Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood, or the most recent Arsenal Programme
- I used to have a third share in a season ticket at Highbury but it has gone now :(
- I don't like Jim Carrey and swapped my share in him for Nik's share of Orlando Bloom
- I killed our childhood pet Jamie the hamster by feeding it doll's hair (It wasn't my fault, honest)
- My most embarrassing moment was answering a rhetorical question with a loud 'yes' in front of the whole school in assembly when I was 8
- I used to play the trumpet
- I murder plants
- I sing aloud and don't realise until someone moves away from me in the queue in Tesco
- I have a strange obsession with goats. There is no reason for it. I blame my mother
- I don't like Will Smith and swapped my share of him for Kate's share of green olives
- My hair is ginger. It is not titian, strawberry blond or any other pretend name for ginger. Just ginger
- I like men with girly hands
- I always sneeze in threes, the last one always an 'at-choo' sound like in the comics
- I always fancied Andrew Ridgely but didn't admit it until I was older
- I think velcro is the best invention in history and despite what others say, I believe there IS a market for velcro pet wigs