Although not strictly an overseas member Anne Hutchings is resident in Guernsey where she was born. During World War ll, she and her family were on one of the last boats to leave the Channel Islands before the German occupation, returning in 1945 to rejoin her father. Anne remained in Guernsey until she went to a teacher training college in England.

"My teaching career started in London's East End, where, despite the often ill-lit, gloomy Dickensian brick buildings, I enjoyed happy times. With itchy feet and a yen to see the world I started my stint of overseas teaching in Trinidad. It was the first of several posts when I was
employed primarily by major oil companies, and once by the MoD. I worked in Singapore/Malaysia, Iran, Bahrain, Indonesia and Borneo before briefly returning to Iran, a country experiencing widespread unrest, prior to the Shah's deposition in January 1979. I then settled in Guernsey, apart from a 'supply' teaching job in Nigeria!"

Anne , and her husband Michael have travelled extensively, including circumnavigating Antarctica, and visiting China and Vietnam when borders were opened to tourists.

It seemed natural for Anne to concentrate on travel/cruise articles, especially after being approached, whilst in Bahrain, by the Gulf Mirror to write an article to celebrate the 100th anniversary of P&O mailboats operating in the Gulf. While living in Abadan she'd sailed on the SS Dumra from Khorramshahr to Basra, then all ports down to Bombay."Payment for re-telling an unusual holiday experience was a real bonus," she said.

She joined the Society after hearing about it at a Swanwick Summer School.