David Rufus

When my mother and brother dropped me and my trunk at 144 Burley Road to start life at Leeds University, I had little idea what to expect. This was to be my first time away from home, my first experience of lodgings and my first acquaintance with the north of England. My new landlady was encouraging, saying that Dave would tell me all about it. He was in his second year with her. Dave surpassed all expectations, immediately taking me under his wing, a role he trumpeted to his many friends....