FROM THE AGE OF THREE, Ana Norrie-Toch danced ballet and jazz, dance styles, which instilled in her a “hyper-awareness” of her body in an environment that kept Ana “disconnected” from herself. The constant presence of the mirror and the aesthetic expectation of dance was a far cry from her memories of “bounding about in the waves on the east coast” where she grew up. At 11, she experienced “smiles, sun and fearlessness” along the Aonach Eagach ridge with her brother, father and family friends. “I think the exposure to that landscape stayed in me, dormant, until I returned years later.”
After a period of living in Amsterdam, return to Scotland Ana did. Thanks to one adventurous friend and the Cycle to Work scheme, Ana, who previously hadn’t owned a bike…
