I'm not going to tag anyone else to do this. Just have a stab at it if it takes your fancy.
7 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
1. I am of noble blood. Well, at least, one of my ancestors was Sergeant of the Buckhounds to Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queens Mary and Elizabeth I and on my mother's side, I am descended from French aristocracy who fled to England during the Revolution. Being part French is to my eternal shame.
Which leads me to:
2. My surname has its origins around the Old English meaning pyre/ash-heap/pile and most likely at the time of the Black Death, my family lived near one of the mass funeral pyres for burning the bodies of the infected and took their name from it.
3. I've probably read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory more times than any other book in my life. Runner up would be Wind in the Willows, and when I was a kid, I always used to skip the chapter in the book "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" where the god pan aids Rat and Mole to help find Otter's missing son. And still only have the vaguest idea what it's all about.
4. I once met Roy Castle, record breaker, Doctor Who companion (in the movies, anyway), dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter, musician, agoraphobic and all round renaissance man. Lovely chap.
5. My favourite food is actually Toad in the Hole, although I have a love affair with all types of curry - somewhat surprisingly as, until my late teens, I never liked any kind of hot and spicy food.
6. I've never broken a bone or had a similar serious injury in my life. I do have a number of scars, though, for various reasons.
7. The top joint of the little finger on my left hand is double jointed.
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