What were your expectations before going into the house?
My expectations were high. I was excited and looking forward to a unique experience. I anticipated a huge amount of fun, intrigue, excitement and meeting new people.

How well do you think you were suited to the Regency era?
I hoped I would be suitable and to this end did a huge amount of research into the period beforehand. I bought books and read them avidly and then re-read them. I also watched a lot of Jane Austen videos repeatedly. I planned to give the experience my very best shot.

Did you enjoy playing the role of chaperone?
My role as chaperone was at times hard - however I tried very hard to be a good chaperone to my charge.

Which male do you think was most suitable for your charge?
I thought that Capt. Glover was the most suitable man for my charge.

Which male did you personally think the most attractive?
I thought all of the men were very attractive in their own differing ways – but if I had to choose just one it would be Mr Carrington. He had a wonderful personality and was extremely kind and supportive to me on many occasions. (That is not to say that the other men were not kind or supportive).

What was your best time?
My best time was writing and rehearsing the play I wrote. Some of the poems were written with Lady Devonport and we screamed with laughter as we wrote them we would go off into the woods and just laugh. Others I wrote alone and thoroughly enjoyed writing them too. The rehearsals were great fun and the final production was the highlight of my time in there. The stage looked wonderful and John Everret had worked so hard on the backdrops. Everyone joined in and helped and it seemed that the experience was unifying for all the contributors.

What was your worst time?
Our dog was attacked in Regents Park and had to be put down as a result of that. I was heartbroken.

Do you have any regrets?
My sense of humour left home a few times – I really wish it hadn't.

What annoyed you most in the house?
I was frustrated by the pencils! It is totally unrewarding and much slower to write in pencil and I yearned for my biro!

Do you think your experience in the house has changed you?
My experience has taught me to value technology and my sense of humour even more than I did before. I have always tried to count my blessings in life however now I fully realise that I never counted enough blessing i.e. PLUMBING!

What did you miss from the 21st Century?
Pens, mascara, telephones, loo roll, clothes that fit, dogs, but most of all my family and good friends.

Who will you keep in touch with?
I want to keep in touch with everyone. We shared a unique experience together good and bad and no-one who did not take part can understand what it was like for us all. I find that looking back I am enormously fond of everyone who contributed without exception.

What are you doing now?
Writing poems with a smoking biro about my personal memories and hopefully the other contributors' memories and experiences. I would like to write a book called 'Regency Roller Coaster' which would hopefully be a humorous account of our experiences.

If you were to do it again what would you do differently?
If I was to do it again I would have smuggled in a pen and some mascara and a corset that fitted and I probably would have 'lost' that dratted lace cap belonging to Jane Austen's dear mama!

Is there anything else interesting about your experiences?
I was amazed at how quickly I became psychologically absorbed into that century. Although I knew that it was not actually real in my heart. I realised that women were very different in this period. I expected to be hung drawn and quartered when I returned from the wedding party Sir Jeremy and I gatecrashed (in full costume) – it seemed the most heinous crime to escape for a few hours. However, it was great fun to do something which was against the rules and to our credit we stayed in our Regency roles for the entire evening - we spoke regency, danced regency and I will never forget how Sir Jeremy fell into a ditch and got covered in mud on the way there - he was wearing his full dress uniform and had white breeches! – Yet undeterred we marched on towards the booming music we could hear. It was one of the funniest things that happened to me in there. Naturally, Sir Jeremy wrote a full apology which I signed – but to be honest I am glad we did it.