Hello from the land of Robin Hood (that's Nottingham, UK - almost the middle of England).    I've been into magic for years, but only as a curious spectator.  I'd bought books in the past, but was rarely motivated enough to put practice into it.  This changed about a year ago.

About a year ago, I decided to get myself a deck or two, and start to put some time into learning and practising the art.  I'm a card collector, although my collection is fairly modest at the moment with only a few dozen decks - but this is growing monthly, sometimes weekly.  I don't perform much, occasionally for friends and rarely strangers - however I intend to change this soon by performing for randoms until I get over the nerves stage that seems to for some reason cause my hands to shake, even when performing for friends!  This level of nervousness came as a surprise to me, as I rarely get nervous about things - I'm sure it's something many others here faced in the past and is over come with practice.

So, that's me - Hi.