April Harris:  

After graduation and a bit of work experience I travelled to England in 1989 and loved it so much I stayed. I was "naturalised" in 1995 and having lived in England for over 20 years now so I feel much more British than Canadian, although I will always have a soft spot for the Great White North. I met my husband, Guy, in London in early April 1989. It was love at first sight and we have been together ever since. In October of 1989 we adopted two cats, Jake and Elwood, who were a special part of our family for eighteen years. We still miss them. In the late 80's / early 90's, we travelled a great deal and really enjoyed ourselves. At that time, I was working at both Molinare and W H Smith television. It was an exciting and interesting time both personally and professionally for me. Guy and I were married in 1991 in Chislehurst, Kent in a lovely 12th century church. After a honeymoon in the Canary Islands we settled back down at home in London. I left television and worked for the Wellcome Foundation until just before our son Alexander was born in 1993. In search of more space, we reluctantly left London and moved down the road to Orpington in Kent. In 1996 we moved up to the Midlands and settled in Branston, a suburb of Burton-on-Trent (the home of Bass Beer!). We really enjoyed our time there. Just after celebrating the Millenium we moved to a wonderful house in Derby (near the edge of the Peak District) where we lived for eight years. We moved back down South in 2007, to a village about half an hour on the train from London. We live near the Thames in a very beautiful part of West Berkshire. We ...Expand for more