Confessions of an Author

 My Review of Camber Sands Well, our holiday at Camber has finished, and Mum and I both survived. We had a nice routine, with me working (inefficiently) for the morning, then meeting for lunch. We then ‘did our own thing’ until 4pm, when we went to the beach, followed by tea, then Netflix until bedtime. All very civilised and relaxing. It was also nice to spend time with just Mum, to properly listen to her stories about the past, without having to rush off to do things. Camber Sands, out of season, is ideal for this. We stayed in a holiday cottage on the White Sands estate, and this was ideal. Mum called it ‘Toy Town’ and with all the little houses, I know what she meant. We walked around, guessing which ones were rental homes and which ones were lived in. I’m assuming that most people don’t, by choice, have ornaments of sea-gulls and anchors in their normal homes. Many of the gardens were full of lavender, and it’s all very pretty. There are a few places to eat in...

Palma del Rio, Spain Palma del Rio, Spain Family Holiday 2008. A learning experience…… Saturday 2nd August  (Please note the month. It matters…) Flew to Malaga. Waited over an hour for Hertz hire car to be ready. Drove to Palma del Rio. The instructions, map and actual road numbers all completely different. Felt somewhat stressed. Spent about an hour in Palma del Rio trying to find villa. In the end we phoned the owner and forced Rebecca to use her GCSE Spanish and get us directions. (She actually did rather well.) Met Pepe. Villa very pretty, lots of dark wood and comfortable furniture. Rather smelly (of poo.) Extremely hot. (This villa can still be booked through: holidaylettings.co.uk I notice that it now has air conditioning. If your husband ever tells you that ceiling fans are just as good as air conditioning, do not believe him. Went to Supermarket in Palma del Rio. Hard to find stuff without speaking spanish. Bought food and cleaning materials...