My husband Adam and I were running a successful business with a partner in Bielsko-Biala when we decided to leave Poland. We wanted to learn another language and meet new people - a new adventure. Adam came first and got a job at The Druid’s Inn in Birchover as the owner was looking for staff from Poland. I joined him six months later and after a spell in Rowsley in a shared house with other Poles we ended up both working at Thyme Cafe in Broomhill where Adam was Head Chef in 2006. Our daughter was born in 2012 and she loves to go to Forge Dam to feed the ducks and hurtle down the slide.

Forge Dam Playground