Thursday 29th May – Tuesday 1st July 2025

First of all, apologies for my shameful lack of posts! 

I had promised myself that I would continue to post when I returned home from my adventures. So far I have been very remiss! 

I arrived back in the UK at the end of May. The first stop with Tracey was a visit to the amazing Tom Ashley to get my hair cut! Thank you Tom for fitting me in and making me feel fabulous, like you always do. 😘

I spent an amazing week up in Hertfordshire catching up with family and friends.

Thank you Marsha and all the fabulous bookies for throwing such a wonderful garden party! 🎉 it was wonderful to see everyone.  

I also managed to catch up with both of my sisters and my nieces in the same place at the same time! This hasn’t happened for a very long time, so that’s was lovely. 😻 

More parties, mini school reunions, some very late nights and lots of shenanigans resulted in me having a rather nasty cold/cough thing and almost losing my voice! 😳😂

Thank you to all the lovely people who let me stay with them and looked after me! Tish, Tracey, Diane and Anne. You’re the best. 

It’s such a pleasure to see all my friends and to catch up on their news and share my stories. 

After my week in Hertfordshire I flew back down to Newquay, courtesy of Ryan Air. The flight was cheap, thanks mainly to Nikki, who took lots of my luggage back down to Newquay in her car. ❤️😘

I spent the 1 hour flight listening to a group of very attractive ladies from Essex discussing the merits of various cosmetic procedures, and competing subtly on how many fancy holidays they’d all had or are going to have. 😂 It was very entertaining. I would have loved to enjoyed it whilst sipping a wine, but sadly no alcohol was allowed on this flight. 

Arriving in Newquay was so exciting, as it meant I was going to see my beautiful baby girl, Georgia, for the first time in over a year! I have missed her so much and couldn’t wait to give her a massive squeeze.

They were waiting down on the road when I came out of the airport, but spotted me and drove in. It was so fantastic to see my beautiful Georgia and also to see my gorgeous boy, Grantley, and the lovely Jack. An emotional reunion. 

We headed into Newquay to grab some dinner and drinks and to meet up with my friend, Stretch, thank you for my fantastic Keffiyeh. 🇸🇩🇸🇩

Unfortunately the weather was a bit pants, our chosen venue only had outside seating a available and the rain made that tricky and bloody cold, although we managed to endure it in order to have 1 cheeky Margarita! 😍 

We ended up with a tasty burger at ‘Herd’, a burger joint that also sells a very pleasant Rosè! Yum. 

I was a little knackered, so it wasn’t a late one. I headed back to where I am staying at the lovely Tish’s place. 

After an early night I woke up, back home in Newquay and ready to tackle the next task, finding a home!

I have been looking at properties online while I’ve been away, which isn’t the best idea, because things I like the look of aren’t available now. 

I contacted all the estate agents in town. Some are more responsive than others. The most responsive and efficient was Zoopla, who sent me notifications of new properties long before the Estate agents themselves, which rather begs the question, what are we paying a

Estate Agents to do?? 

It’s not the best time to be buying, just before the holiday season but it is what it’s is.

I have looked at a wide variety of properties, houses, new and old, flats, new and old, big and small, with views, without views, nice and not so nice. 😊 I felt it was Important to see a wide range of properties to really get an idea of what’s important to me. 

It’s not the most relaxing activity, buying a home, viewings are the fun part. 

I have seen a couple that I really liked, in fact the first place I viewed was a definite contender. A lovely large modern apartment, in town, with parking (parking is an absolute must in Newquay) it was great but very dark. I put in a cheeky offer, which was rejected, someone else offered much closer to the asking price, I debated whether to offer a higher amount, but on reflection I felt the property didn’t justify it. So the search continued. 

I viewed approx 12 places and finally put in an offer on another flat that was accepted! Hooray. 🎉 

There was apparently no chain on the vendors end, this has now changed a little, but hopefully shouldn’t hold anything up. It’s a lovely 2 bedroom apartment, with a balcony and stunning views across Newquay Bay, which will allow me to enjoy glorious sunset views!! 🌅🧡💛

In the meantime I have moved from staying at Tish’s place to staying at another friend’s house. I’m incredibly lucky to have such wonderful, helpful people around me. 

I also now need to start thinking about jobs….😬 

I spent a while updating my CV, which hadn’t been done since 2017! That took a while, I then had a CV that was 5 pages long! 🙄 With the help of Nikki and Nigel I’ve managed to get it down to 2.5 pages. It’s really hard being a grown up responsible person again! Having to think about buying houses, getting a job, paying bills, I’ve spent a few nights contemplating just sacking it all off and going back to Thailand for a few months, or years! 😂 However, I do want to stay here and settle for a little while. (I think! 🧐🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😃) 

I love being back in Newquay, catching up with everyone, but I also see how difficult and expensive everything here is, it’s ridiculously expensive in the UK, much more so than SE Asia or even Europe. I genuinely feel we are all being ripped off. I paid £9 for a JD & coke in a bar in town and it was shitty generic cola on tap! WTAF! 😳 

Whilst the rest of the UK has been baking in a heatwave, the temperature here in Newquay hasn’t gone above 24 degrees!! 

In fact right now, I’m sitting writing this with the doors open, thinking I need a bloody jumper on! 🩵💙😂 Hopefully it’ll warm up soon. 

I think that’s all for now. 

Enjoy your week. Take care.

Books read.

Pompeii.  Robert Harris. A fabulous book, made even better having just visited Pompeii! 

Cuckoo in the Nest. Fran Hill. A really enjoyable read. Would definitely recommend.

A Man With One of Those Faces. Caimh McDonnell. A recommendation from Tracey, thank you! I loved it. So glad it’s part of a Trilogy, so I can read some more. 

Tuesday 25th March – Sunday 30th March 2025

My last few days in Hua Hin were great fun. Lots more strolling along the beach, swimming in the pool and generally having a chilled time. 😎

I’ve also been having a few fabulous Thai foot massages. I’ve been back to the same place and the women there are so beautiful, friendly and kind. It feels like a personal experience, the massage I have on one foot/leg differs to the other. They can feel where they need to work on and the end result is amazing. 🥰❤️

As I mentioned in my previous blog there are a few Russian families here, Scandinavians, German there are also a few English people but I hadn’t really chatted to to many people whilst I’ve been here. 

My last week however have been much more pleasant and fun after meeting and getting to know a lovely Australian guy called Daniel. He’s here for a month on his own for a holiday. We’ve had some meals, some cocktails, some chats, exchanged book recommendations and generally had a great time. 

It’s surprising what a difference it makes when you have connections with people. 

It got me thinking about my journey over the last 3 months and the fact that it’s been the most sociable period of travel that I’ve had to date. 

In Sri Lanka I met up with the fabulous Tracey, I also met up with lovely Lisa and Matt and Alex & Leah! A veritable smorgasbord of social interactions!! 

I then spent over 2 weeks with a group of really great people in India. Living in close proximity, seeing them every day. Which I loved. 

I think this has been a real change for me. I usually spend my travel time alone, perhaps meeting people along the way, but not really spending any quality time with anyone or making deep connections. 

I guess that the difference is that in the past I have travelled for shorter periods and also whilst I had the Coffee Shop. 

Coffee on the Corner was my baby and I loved it, it was also a hugely social job. I spent all day, every day, interacting with people, both on a superficial, friendly, hospitality basis but also more often on a deeper more personal basis, as the majority of my customers became regulars who I cared about, many also became friends. This level of social interaction daily is fantastic but it’s also exhausting. So my 3 month travels in the summer offered me the space I needed to recharge, regroup and be comfortable alone and reconnect with myself. 

I now no longer have the Coffee Shop, I’ve been traveling for nearly 11 months, I’ve recharged, regrouped, connected with myself and am beginning to need a greater level of social interaction! 😍

I am at heart a people person, I get a buzz from being around people, chatting, laughing, getting to know people or alternatively spending time with people I already know, who know me, who know everything about me, sharing jokes, stories, gossip or just being together.  I miss this. I miss my family, I miss my friends. (Writing this has made me quite emotional, which is not great as I’m sitting in a very busy coffee shop!) 

I think the reason I’m feeling so emotional at the moment is what’s happened over the last few days.

I was due to leave Hua Hin on Saturday 29th. I had a bus booked to go to Bangkok for 3 days before flying out of Thailand on Wednesday morning. 

Unfortunately those plans have had to change.

I was sitting chilling by the pool on Friday afternoon, after a busy morning. When I got a message from my friend Jane, asking if I was OK? I then got a phone call from Tracey asking the same thing. As I’m sure you are all aware by now, there was a massive earthquake in Myanmar around lunchtime, the tremors reached all the way to Bangkok, which saw quite a bit of damage, swaying high rises and a collapsed building, and sadly many fatalities. 

I have been really touched by the number of people that have messaged or contacted me to check if I’m OK. It really has been heartwarming. Thank you all for your thoughts and your care. This has also had the effect of making me miss home and all of you even more. 

It’s just as well that when I leave Thailand I will be heading towards family and friends. Reuniting with my Grantley, then spending more time with Tracey & Jaques, before heading back to good ole Blighty! 

Thailand & Hua Hin have given me just what I needed! Time now for the next adventure. 

Books Read.

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. Lisa See. This was a fantastic book. 

I would highly recommend it. ❤️

Friday 14th March – Tuesday 25th March 2025

I can’t believe I have been here in Hun Hin for over 2 weeks already! I’ve only got another 5 days left.

I thought I might struggle a little with spending 3 weeks here, not doing very much, but I’ve actually really enjoyed it! 

Initially I was very tired and a little run down after India, so the rest was much needed. Now I think I’m just relishing the time to do things slowly and not be rushing around.

It’s funny how you naturally fall into a routine. 

My routine has become one that consists of walking along the beach, swimming in the pool, reading and writing my blog! I have also had a couple of foot massages, heaven! And enjoyed chatting to some new people. 

Interestingly the complex I’m staying on has quite a few Russian guests, but unlike the ones I encountered in Hikkaduwa, these families are much friendlier and more sociable. There are also a few Scandinavian families a couple of English and some Aussies. It’s a very chilled, relaxed vibe, which is perfect. 

The beach here is beautiful, pretty clean most of the time. I try to do a mini beach clean every time on here but often there is little or nothing to pick up, which is fantastic. 

When I arrived we had plenty of blue sky days but the last week has been more overcast and cloudy, this is when you need to be mindful about the UV and making sure to wear sun cream. I’ve seen a few very pink people! 

I have finally finished battling with the Tiger Tour People, Fragrance of Taj! To be fair TourRadar, who I booked through have been very supportive and their customer service has been excellent, the guy from Fragrance of Taj, Sanjeev, sadly not! He’s a knobhead. However they are going to refund me 25% of fee, which is better than nothing! I could have continued fighting for more, but it was getting on my nerves. So that’s all finished. 

I had a lovely night out on Saturday when I decided to visit the Sky Bar that I can see from my complex. It should only take around 10 minutes to walk there, but due to some building work it requires a 10 minute taxi ride! 

My plan was to get there in time for the sunset. By the time I’d waited for the cab, the cab had negotiated the one way system and then the rather long wait for the lift to the 27th floor I made it just in the nick of time! It was a lovely sunset but I think on a less cloudy day the sunsets would be really stunning. 

It was pretty busy and initially I was told there were no outside tables, but the wonderful staff moved a few people around and found me a spot! 

I even braved the large glass balcony! 😳 I only stayed on it for a few seconds, then I heard a noise and was convinced the glass was cracking, it wasn’t! And swiftly moved away! 😂😂

It was great to chat to Anne, my rooftop, cocktail buddy! 😍❤️🍹and to Tish & Marsha, who were also having a fabulous time! 🩷

Having this downtime has also allowed me to catch up with a few other friends, which has been wonderful. As time goes on I do miss seeing everyone, a lot. 

Another thing I’ve been doing during this time is planning my next stop, which is going to be in Istanbul and to make it even more fabulous I’m going to be meeting my Grantley there!! 😍❤️

The last time I saw him was on 21st April last year when I dropped him at Bristol Airport for his El Camino Adventure! It’s going to be so fantastic to see him and explore Istanbul together, there’s some political unrest there at the moment, fingers crossed things settle down before we arrive! 😬🤞

I’ve also been thinking about my return to Newquay, looking at properties trying to decide what I want to do work wise, suggestions always welcome! 🙏 this requires me to try not to panic or get anxious about returning to the UK, homeless & Jobless! 

But before all of that I need to enjoy my remaining time here! 

That’s it for now.

Have a great week everyone.

Love & Miss you.

❤️🩵💜💙💛🩷💚

Books Read.

A tap on the Window. Linwood Barclay. A Cal Weaver book. A good read. 

In Memoriam. Alice Winn. This was incredible, a fantastic book. I would highly recommend it. 

I also watched Adolescence on Netflix. OMG! An absolute masterpiece. The acting was incredible, from everyone. The storyline and the debate it has triggered are much needed. A must watch. Especially for parents. 

I’ve nearly finished watching Toxic Town on Netflix, also a very good short series, based on a true story. 

Saturday 8th March – Friday 14th March 2025

My journey to Bangkok was pretty uneventful, thank god!

Check in and my flight with Air India were great. I was too tired to do anything much at the airport, I simply sat with my book and a last cup of Masala Chai! 

The flight was busy but it left on time and arrived a little early!

It was so lovely to arrive into Bangkok, clean, calm and lots of smiling faces. 

Immigration was a doddle, my case was one of the first to arrive, I found my hotel shuttle easily and after a short wait I was whisked off to a large, modern, clean hotel manned by lots of smiling people including women! Absolute bliss. The first thing I did was have a much needed long hot shower! 

One of the lovely ladies from my Indian tour, Negiz,  had been in touch and said that she would also be staying at an airport hotel in Bangkok today, handily it was just down the road, so she came to the hotel. Negiz is flying back to Belgium tomorrow, It was so nice to see a familiar face and have a good catch up and offload a little about our experiences in India. 

After Negiz left I grabbed some Vegetable rice then went to bed in my massive, soft, clean, comfy, quiet room. 😍

I have booked a bus/coach to take me to Hua Hin. The coaches are very nice and the journey only takes around 3 hours. I got the shuttle back to the airport and after grabbing some snacks and water I boarded my coach. 

I arrived in Hua Hin at a different bus station, this one a little further out of town. I figured I’d just get a Grab (Thai Uber) but the station provided a very cheap shuttle service, handy!

I am staying back at the same complex in the same apartment as I had back in August 2024. The lady I dealt with then has given me a good deal. It’s also nice to be somewhere familiar. 

I grab the keys from the lock box then Kate messages me and comes to say Hi at the apartment, with a little gift! 🎁🥰❤️ So kind. 

The first thing I do is unpack my case! I haven’t unpacked it since leaving Australia on January 13th! I also desperately need to do some laundry. Before I can do any washing I need to visit a 7 Eleven. Luckily for me there is one just up the road!

I get some washing powder and some vanish, bread, water, beer, Crinkle Cut Lays! All the holiday essentials! 😂

Washing on, case unpacked, wifi sorted. I am ready to relax and chill! 

I have arrived on a Sunday, which is handy as there is a food market next door that runs Thursday- Sunday every week. This means I can grab a tasty cheap dinner and a beer! Which I do, a big plate of veggie rice and a Singha beer for around £2.50. I also purchase a tub of the most delicious caramel  cashew nuts! So yummy. 😋 

I have a good nights sleep, I don’t wake up until 10ish, which is unheard of! I feel like I needed it.

I have no real agenda or plan for my time here, I just want to rest and have some downtime. 

The complex is busier than when I was here last but still not mad busy, there is always a place to sit by the pool, especially for me as I like to be in the shade! The pool is big and great for me to get back into my swimming. I haven’t swam consistently since I broke my ribs back in November 24. 

I’ve spent the last few days just settling in, finding my way around again, checking out my previous hangouts. I’ve been into town for some shopping, food, I also bought myself a dress. When I unpacked my case I realised that I’d given Tracey most of my summer dresses to take back to England 🤦‍♀️ I bought a fab, blue cotton dress with pockets for £15! Bargain. 

I’ve had one or two small battles since I arrived. The first is ongoing and is with TourRadar and Fragrance of Taj about my Tiger Safari, I’ll keep you posted.

The second is with Lloyds TSB. I tried to pay for my accommodation here by bank transfer. Unfortunately the last hurdle to the convoluted process is a phone call to me from the bank to give me a security code. I had made sure I switched my phone sim to my UK one, but it kept saying they couldn’t get through. 

I asked Rebecca to call and she was able to get through, so that was odd. 

I tried again the next day, switching sims well in advance. Again not able to get through. This then meant I had to call Lloyds, an international call to a bloody bank in the UK is not going to be cheap. 😳

I get through and tell the automated voice that I need international banking help. They put me through to someone who can’t help! Ffs. They transfer me to another person, who trys to help but then tells me I need more information regarding the recipients details (this wasn’t requested online! ) I have to hang up, get the required information and call again! This time I speak to someone a little more helpful, she informs me that I have a note on my file saying do not call! WTAF, where has that come from, I did not set it up. She changes things, sets up the payment, which goes through! Hallelujah This has now taken me 45 minutes, I complain that the cost of this call to me is ridiculous, she then says would I like to complain, I say yes, this takes another 15 minutes, but the upshot is they refund me £60 to cover the cost of the call, and inform me that if I need to call again I can reverse the charges!! A satisfactory outcome I feel. 

Apart from that all I’ve been doing is enjoying the pool, walking along the beach and catching up on some reading. Heaven.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. 

💚🩵🩷💜💛💙

Books Read

The Lost Victim. Robert Bryndzi. A good read. 

The House of Lost Secrets. Anstey Harris. A free Prime read, which was better than I’d anticipated. 

Monday 14th – Wednesday 23rd October.

Leaving Hanoi and Vietnam was a little sad, it also ended up being a little hair raising as I appear to have had Lewis Hamilton driving my taxi!! 

Lewis Hamilton mixed with a bit of Del Boy, as he was also trying to get me to buy his dodgy looking US dollars from him, I politely declined. 

The road to the airport is a 4 lane highway and my driver was driving pretty fast whilst looking at both a music video on the dashboard, what looked and sounded like a Vietnamese soap opera on one phone and then chatting on another phone! There are people crossing the highway, cows grazing on the central reservation, trucks, cars, mopeds, buses, not really the time to be catching up on the latest episode of Corrie! 😱

Luckily I arrived in one piece at the airport and opted not to give the driver a tip!! 

I’m so glad I arrived just over 2hrs early for my flight as the queues were mad, I finally got checked in, my fault for forgetting to check in on line, the ‘bag drop’ queue was tiny! 

Once checked in and after a a bit of a discussion with the Vietnam Airways personnel re my seat allocation, which did not match what I’d been told when I booked the seats at Da Nang, I decided I would sort it out during my wait at Ho Chi MinhCity, I barely had time to have a wee before we boarded. 

The flight from Hanoi to HCMC takes approximately 90mins and during that time we were given a bottle of water and a meal of chicken noodles, which were very tasty, I was impressed. 👍

We were delayed on landing due to a huge storm over the airport which was still going when we landed after circling for 15mins. 

Upon landing I had to go from the domestic to the International Terminal, luckily they are close enough and there was a covered walkway as it was chucking it down! 

I was looking forward to a little break before the next flight as I wanted to video call the lovely Jenna for her Birthday 🎈and possibly have a drink and a chill before the next flight. 

This was not to be the case. The various delays had eaten into the stopover time and even though I was just transiting through HCMC myself and a few others needed to go through passport control and security again. This would have been ok, except the queues were horrendous! Even our attractive ‘Transit’ sticky badges didn’t seem to grant us any sort of fast track. Eventually we got through with again just enough time for a wee, no time to call Jenna and no time to sort out my seating issues, but Hey Ho, I’d just have to suck it up in a window seat (😩) it was only a 6 hour flight! 🤦‍♀️

I boarded last and found my seat, then a fabulous thing happened, the captain did his ‘crew close doors for takeoff’ speech and I had 2 empty seats next to me….😀😀 Bloody marvellous. 

The flight was fine, I was able to lie down a bit, unfortunately all three of the screens didn’t work, so no movies, the food was a bit pants but all in all not a terrible flight. 

I arrived back in Perth at 11.40pm passport control was a breeze. 

I then made the mistake of declaring some goods on my immigration card. I had bought some lovely peppercorns in Kampot, Cambodia, as well as some pickled peppercorns. I had put these on my declaration, I think because I have watched to many episodes of ‘Border Force’! 😂 

Stupidly I hadn’t put them in my backpack. The immigration staff in the main, were friendly and pleasant except the sour faced, miserable, rude old bag that I got! She was seriously unimpressed by my futile attempts to locate the small package of peppercorns in my case. After rummaging for what felt like hours I finally found them, hoicked them out triumphantly, presented them to her, she looked, pulled a face, waved dismissively and stomped off! 

Welcome to Australia! 😂 

I managed to contact my hotel and arrange for the shuttle to collect me. (This was more complicated than one would think!)

I arrived at the hotel just before 1am, I was a little tired and hungry. The hotel was clean, functional and pretty basic but it did have a welcome pack which consisted of a 1/2 bottle of good Red Wine, crisps, water and 2 Kit Kats!! How bloody marvellous 🤩 A much nicer Welcome! 

After a small glass of wine, a packet of crisps and a shower I was ready for my bed! 

My lovely Rebecca came and collected me the next morning, after a few detours due to dodgy phone charging and no internet, she was eventually shown where the hotel was by an old Italian Gentleman who got in the truck and directed her then said he’d walk back. How sweet. 

It was fabulous to see my girl again. 😍❤️

We headed into Perth for some Brunch and to collect my watch which I had left behind to have a new battery fitted. 

My watch is from Tiffany and I’ve had it for just over 20 years. When I’ve had the battery changed before or had anything done to it, it always gets cleaned and comes back looking like new. 

When we went to the store to collect it, the young girl retrieved it from the safe, it was in a little plastic bag, not in a beautiful blue box as it should have been! It also looked very dull, not shiny & new at all. 

I was a little disappointed but wasn’t sure if I should say anything for fear of seeming like a Karen (sorry Karen Clynes!) but in the end I did point out that this was well below their usual standard, she said that on the note it states that they couldn’t polish it due to the sort of watch it was. I explained that this was not correct. She was very sweet and then she called her manager, Russell, who I had dealt with before. He was very put out that the watch hadn’t been cleaned and polished so he said he would send it back and wouldn’t charge me for the cleaning or the battery! 😂😍 Happy Days. 

I have spent the last week or so just resting my legs, glutes, whatever it was that was hurting! And spending time with Rebecca, Chris & Curly the Cat, who did remember me! 😍

I have rejoined the Sports Centre and started swimming again. I didn’t really get as much swimming in on this trip, due in most part to the weather or not having access to a pool. I also get to use the spa which I’m hoping will help with my aches! 

I need to start thinking about and planning my next trip. 

I have said before that the plan had been to go to Japan & South Korea after Vietnam. I have looked into this in more detail while I’ve been here and I spoke to a lovely guy at the travel agents. It is looking likely that this trip will not happen at the moment. The costs are prohibitive, getting there isn’t too bad but the costs while there are very high. It would end up costing me for 3 weeks almost 1/2 of what I’ve just spent for 3 months! 😳 At this stage of my travels I can’t justify that expense. I’m a little disappointed, but also trying to be pragmatic. 

So I’m now looking at what and where to go next. 

I’m also looking forward to spending time here in Australia and our little trip away to Esperence in December with the fabulous Anita!! Then Christmas 🎄 Which will be weird to be in the heat and on the beach on Christmas Day and not in a Kitchin drinking champagne whilst cooking a roast! 

Rebecca and I are also heading down to Margaret River next week for a a night and a winery trip! 🍷🥰❤️😍

The weather here in Bunbury is really lovely, it’s Spring, so it’s getting warmer, but still not boiling. All the flowers and trees are blooming and it smells lush! 

I had a bit of a wobble at the end of last week, on Friday 18th when the Beautiful Laura married her fabulous Mark. 🎊❤️ 

Laura had sent a link for me to watch but unfortunately it stopped working just as they started to say their vows!  

I was absolutely gutted to have not been home for this wonderful wedding and to share in the love & excitement. I’ve seen lots of the photos and it looked like it was, as I knew it would be, a fantastic and amazing day. Everyone looked Gorgeous, especially Laura! Dress of Dreams! 🩷🎊🍾🩷🎊🍾

It made me feel very homesick and I realised how much I miss everyone. 

I’ve been away from home for 5 months and haven’t seen my Grantley for 6 months. I’m not expecting any sympathy, it’s my choice, but it can be difficult at times. 

That’s it for now people. 

Any suggestions for places to visit or books to read let me know!

Have a great week, enjoy Half Term. 

Love and hugs. 

🩷🩵💚❤️🤎🧡🤍❤️

Books Read.

The Book of Beginnings. Sally Page. Really good, I love this author. I feel like theses are proper ‘Stories’ (not sure if I’ve already put this one) 

Not a Happy Family. Shari Lapena. OK. Did its job. Not great, not bad. 

Never Lie. Frieda McFadden. OK, a little convoluted and improbable. 

The Dream Home. T.M Logan. Quite Good. 

Day One. Abigail Dean. Good.