The ex-fireman who can’t stop writing in retirement

Author-Mike-Hodgkins

Fireman, Peak Park ranger, Chatsworth guide and now author – it’s been a long and varied life for one Chesterfield man, as Amy Norbury reports.

MIKE HODGKINS never set out to be a writer. After a long a varied career in the fire service, the 73-year-old was finally enjoying a peaceful retirement…