I first learnt recorder as a class activity at the age of 11, in my final year in primary school. Alongside this we were taught the basics of reading music. The two went together and like nutty I acquired the basics of a skill which has served me in good stead over the years.

I did not get much opportunity to play any sort of instrument over the next few years, though I used to pick out tunes on a harmonica.

When my kids started to learn recorder at school, I picked it up again and have been playing ever since.