Like David Cameron, I have packed a selection of light reading (though not trashy!), 
for my holiday which starts tomorrow.
It includes the works of two new authors for me, Justin Cartwright and A. L. Kennedy, as well as The Great Lover, by Jill Dawson – a novel about my adored Grantchester poet Rupert Brooke. I’ve bumped into Jill in my gym in Ely a couple of times and went to her book launch. I’m not sure how I will feel reading about this wonderful poet in a fictionalised way as I am a purist. But I am inspired by the great reviews it has had and look forward to reading about his failed love affair; a happy ending does not have the makings of a best seller!
We have taken the plunge and are going on a cruise around the Med, calling at Venice, Croatia and the Greek Islands, so it is pretty special. We are travelling with the same lovely friends we first cruised with three years. I wrote about that trip here and the amazing people I met. Lucky son David will be spending his 19th birthday at a beach barbecue in Corfu and swimming around its glorious coves.
My only complaint about our last cruise was that I never saw my two sons; they instantly made friends, went off midnight swimming and dancing – and whatever else teenage boys get up to. I was lucky if I bumped into them at all. 
Whatever you are doing, I hope you have a lovely summer… 
Ciao!!!
