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Musicals with a message, such as ‘Song of the Forest’, filmed with Sting, and ‘Ocean World’ with Sir David Attenborough, inspired her to produce The Christmas Seal, so that it can be used within local schools to highlight the issues of marine pollution.

Now firmly anchored on L’Esperance, her energies are currently directed at bringing up two lively muddy boys along with Nelson the Ship’s Cat, and Freckles the Marsh Dog.

Along with husband Gordon, local Dentist and Lifeboat crew member, they share a passion for the sea and maritime heritage of Mersea Island.  Firmly believing that if we cannot live with and protect our own very special coastal environment, then persuading other less well-off countries to do the same, with their special environments, will prove very difficult.

About Veronique Eckstein

Veronique Eckstein has always lived on Mersea Island, growing up in a time when you could set your watch by the hourly rides out of Miss Catchpole’s Riding School.

Like many Mersea children even today, it was an idyllic childhood spent mucking around in mud, and sailing through creeks.

She is the holder of a passport allowing access across the Strood, to the mainland, where she was Production Manager of an independent film company specialising in environment and sustainable development.

There, she was involved in the production of over 60 films for amongst others, the BBC and Channel Four Television.