
Fiona and her partner Robin with their children, Oskar and Iris
(Picture: Fiona Ellis)Fiona Ellis spent her childhood on the Isle of Wight and, like so many people brought up off the beaten track, as soon as she was done with school she packed her bags and headed straight to London to build a career and a new life.
But what suited her perfectly as an 18-year-old had started to lose its shine by the time she was a thirtysomething mother. Two years ago, just before the pandemic hit, Fiona, her partner Robin Murray, and their two young children, bade farewell to their two-bedroom house in Plumstead and left the mainland for good.