When we lived in England my days had a familiar rhythm. Each morning, my mother flung open the curtains in my room, and I tugged my school jumper over my head and pulled on my skirt before tumbling downstairs to eat cereal with my younger brother Jon. After school, we’d play on the swing in our garden, or crouch at the far end of the stream to watch dragonflies hovering above the gold-green surface. A couple of months later, Dad announced another decision – Jon and I were going to live in Rotorua on our own, so that Jon could start going to a school there. I would continue to learn by post, Dad told me, and would be responsible for looking after Jon, who was by then 15. When Wavewalker was repaired, he would start his job and come to live with us, while Mum kept sailing Wavewalker with another skipper, to make more money from paying crew. Heywood, Suzanne (2021). What Does Jeremy Think?: Jeremy Heywood and the Making of Modern Britain. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780008353124. She and her brother, 16 and 15 respectively, were living in a bach overlooking Lake Rotoiti, her parents only visiting twice in nine months. a b Heywood, Suzanne (24 March 2023). " 'Dad said: We're going to follow Captain Cook': how an endless round-the-world voyage stole my childhood". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2023.

We were greeted on Île Amsterdam by Commandant Ghozi, who told us he was leading a French scientific mission of 30 people there. He took me to be examined by a thin man in a white coat named Dr Senellart. “She has a broken nose, a fractured skull and there is blood trapped inside the swelling on her head,” he told my parents when we rejoined them in the waiting room.

Her time aboard the boat came to an end when her parents left her and her brother in New Zealand and continued sailing. Her brother enrolled in a school, she was expected to look after him.

I caught my breath and kept answering the counsellor’s questions: “No, I’m not going to school. I sit here on my own all day, trying to teach myself.” My voice quavered. Robbie Williams, 49, claims he's going through 'manopause' as he battles 'thinning hair' and a 'reduced sex drive' due to 'years of partying' Banged Up review: This prison 'experiment' is just a shabby excuse to torment celebs, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS Olivia Rodrigo is dating British actor Louis Partridge after meeting 'through mutual friends' and hitting it off after a number of nights out in LondonObserver, The (23 January 2022). "Suzanne Heywood: 'Jeremy gave his life to public service. He should not take the blame for the lobbying scandal' ". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712 . Retrieved 25 March 2023.