SUMMER IN SPAIN 2022

I had one last trip to Spain in the camper before I sold it, a lovely three weeks of sunshine and some of it spent with the family in a villa called the Orange House at Finestrat, where the youngsters spent most days in the pool. This was set between the mountains and the beach so you had the choice of many days out if you could walk up the very steep hill to the village. To get to Finestrat beach you had to get a taxi which cost €10 and if you wanted to go into Benidorm then it…

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OCTOBER 2022

Autumn has arrived here in Uk but still very mild, the leaves are collecting on the ground and the children have had fun collecting the conkers that have fallen. I love that the cooking, soaking and ingenious ways of making the conkers harder for the games are still an active pastime for the children, this is one that is definitely passed down the generations. What a super display idea for a Harvest Festival, there certainly are many varied leaves about for children of all ages to find. Some leaf rubbing or painting is still popular with the under fives, while…

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JULIE WASSMER BOOK LAUNCH

PUBLISHED BY CONSTABLE ON 25th AUGUST 2022 AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON HERE. What a wonderful evening I had at the RNLI base at Whitstable for the launch of Julie’s new book, Murder at Mount Ephraim the place was packed and we all came away with a bit more knowledge about the RNLI, I must say that I did not realise that public donations and fundraising solely fund the RNLI. Being told about the price of the boats, clothes and equipment makes you realise what a fantastic job they all do with many just volunteers. The next series of Whitstable Pearl on Acorn…

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THE FAMILY REMAINS BY LISA JEWELL – BOOK REVIEW

PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN ON THE 21st JULY 2022 LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, particularly the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen,…

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