Kirsten found a new direction in her life following a talk with her birth father and a well-paid job prospect in the art world. She decided to take her father's advice and gain a History of Arts degree, which would mean four years of hard work and a move from the west coast of Scotland to St Andrew's on the east coast, almost two hundred miles away. Kirsten loaded her belongings into the three-year-old Mini Cooper her fat...

It's funny how situations develop. One minute your are sitting there minding your own business and the next bang, and the whole situation is turned on it's head. Strangely, in Scotland, we do get nice summer days (apart from the dreaded midge's), and this was one of those days. The tourists had been arriving in droves from the ferry, most staying at the campsites with their tents, caravans, or camper vans. Families with s...

The following morning, I woke and glancing at the clock on the bedside table, I could see it was five thirty am, the room's curtains were open, and the light was streaming in. Getting up, I walked to the full-length mirror, and although I could see red marks across my body, they were not as bad as I had expected. They had been kind to me, which made me wonder what I should expect today; more caning on my arse for sure, an...