Late Summer Holiday

I have just returned from a late summer holiday with the wife, daughter, son in law and grandson. Just last week saw us taking the late ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo, a fairly lenghty crossing but we had taken a cabin so was able to sleep most of the way.

Woken by some lovely music at 6:30am saw a quick cooked breakfast and then on the road to a little town, Saint Pol de Leon, about two and a half hours south.

Arriving too early to book in we spent the time exploring the town, lunch in a lovely little bar and it was soon time to make our way down to the "home for the week".

 Reception for the small holiday vilage we stayed in. Lovely little houses, more like a starter home than a holiday let. Two good sized bedrooms, kitchen diner, separate bathroom and toilet. 

 The room from the bedroom window on the first morning. Looks like it was going to be a nice day

The front of the houses looking back up through with the town in the background, probably about half a mile away

About a 10 minute walk away was the shore, a long leisurely stroll took you along a promenade to the dge, where the was plenty to see, shoreline, braking waves, boats, and in the distance, just past the headland was Roscoff, home to the |Plymouth -Roscoff ferry. The wife and I spent a few hours down there, taking pics and generally enjoying the view.

 
 

 

 

 

Middle of the week saw the birthday of our daughter so we went off to Roscoff to find a restaurant to celebrate the occasion. A lovely little place, so quiant in the way that it held to tradition. There was also a local market on that day, all foodstuff and plenty of sea food. An enjoyable couple of hours spent wandering around.

 

 

 

 


All in all an excellent week with plenty of relaxation for all. The highlight of it all. Taking the 6month old grandson Will swimming everyday. Such fun for all as a family unit.

 

 

Gripped from Start to Finish

On a recent holiday I needed to take something with me that was going to hold my attention as the weather was likely to be not good.

2nd in the series by Sharon Bolton proved just the thing. Dead Scared definitely livedup to its title. Again with Lacey as the main character the story line kept me enthralled throughout. I won't spoil the plot but it does strike rather close to home and I suspect a few echelons of higher education would see some similarities here.

I just love this authors style of writing, a good solid plot but quite a few twists and turns so you never really get the full answer until the end. Again, it's left a cliff hanger for the next book which I have by the side of me, ready to start.

I'm going to enjoy it, I just know it.

Cracking Murder Mystery

This book is not an author that I have read before although the wife swears by her. Having read all my books from the library and at a loose end so to speak I thought I would give her a try. OMG, what have I been missing. What a book. This is the first in the series and spends a little while explaing who the main character is, well so I thought. There are so many twists and turns in it but all they do is keep you enthralled.

The main character is so convoluted that at times you wonder where you are. I did get the plot about 2 chapters from the end but even then the was a twist in the tail and the final ending was totally unexpected.

I loved this book so much I have immediately gone to Amazon and ordered the next three in the series. Looking forward to some good reads.

An excellent Read

What a book. Recently made into a TV mini series it hooks you from the start. A different kind of thriller than what I am used to as it's quite light in parts with some humour. I must admit that the twist at the end through me as I had the murderer all worked out only to find that I was wrong.

The TV series is holding true to the book for the most part, bit of poetic licence in parts to drag it out over two weeks. If you've seen it on tv, I don't think it woould be worth reading as it will spoil the ending. However if you haven't seen it, definitely read the book, you won't be disappointed.