I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.

My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed, there was never recourse to benefits, so if money was tight, money was tight. It taught me that we were a closed unit, and that we had to be resourceful.

Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter.

I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.

I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.

I worked on local papers, before taking a job as a webmaster with a very well known telecommunications company in London, as I thought the internet was the future.

I live in a perpetual present. I don't look back and I don't look forward. I just live from week to week.