Gareth Williams

I was born in Essex in the UK and studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge which led to a career as a history teacher and school manager in Guernsey, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Having retired, I moved to the magical Isle of Skye with my wife Helen and our seventh Pyrenean Mountain dog, a rescue called Sophie. I played rugby until I was forty-eight, and remain a passionate supporter of the Welsh national team. Despite breaking my back in a 400 foot fall down a mountain, I am working my way through all 282 Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet. I am also an ardent downhill skier and have recently taken up back-country and cross-country skiing. I am a keen member of the Skye Ravens mixed hockey team, usually playing in goal during matches.