Richard Trahair

Richard was an inmate of Sherborne School, then a volunteer in an Approved School for young rogues near Glasgow, and at last graduated at Leeds University in Textile Management, in 1973.
His first job was with a shirt manufacturer, but he quickly realised that factory life was not for him, and changed career to be a Chartered Surveyor and agricultural Land Agent, retiring in 2011 after thirty years as estate manager for the Church of England, continuing as a Presiding Justice in the magistrates courts for a quarter of a century, and parish organist for rather longer. He is a keen cruising sailor.
Most of these experiences feature in one or other of his published books:
Sailor All At Sea
Bleak Encounter At The Cape
Parsonage And Parson
The Organist and The Magistrate