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CHRISTMAS AT HILL TOP INN: Molly and Dave buy a remote pub high up in the Yorkshire Dales. As they prepare for Christmas they unexpectedly host a group ...
Hilarious misadventures. Christmas at Hill Top Inn, is a light-hearted tale that captures the spirit of Christmas and the warmth of a group of coach travellers unexpectedly thrown together in a snowstorm. The unexpected arrival of the guests leads to a series of comic situations, highlighting Molly and Dave's naivety at running a pub and the eccentricities of the guests.
The situation is saved by the ever talented, Jack. A local handyman who lives in a caravan down in the valley, who comes to their rescue time and time again, becoming a good friend in the process. Unexpected twists and turns in the story involving crime, ghosts, and the arrival of a pregnant young woman about to give birth, in our usual tongue in cheek style. We hope you enjoy it.
The situation is saved by the ever talented, Jack. A local handyman who lives in a caravan down in the valley, who comes to their rescue time and time again, becoming a good friend in the process. Unexpected twists and turns in the story involving crime, ghosts, and the arrival of a pregnant young woman about to give birth, in our usual tongue in cheek style. We hope you enjoy it.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2025
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About the author
Lynne Gumbleton
18 books14 followersYou’re never too old to try something new.
That’s why we decided to have a crack at writing our first comedy novel in our sixties.
We write comedy misadventures for those who enjoy a smile and don’t want to take life too seriously.
Our lives both before and after we met and married have been full of surprises, funny incidents, and bizarre situations. We have both lived through ‘interesting times.’ What has kept us going through good times and bad has been our shared ironic sense of humour and strong self-belief that there will be a path through to better days.
We’ve tapped into our memories with our writing. Adding a good splash of over-active imagination and incredulity to come up with the characters and plots.
Are we like some of the characters in our books?
Yes, there are elements there especially in the Daisy Days books – Jack and Susie Morton are largely based on us. Other characters are a hotchpotch of people we’ve met, seen on TV or pure figments of our imagination.
Amazing how real they become though once they are brought to life in a manuscript. How wonderful it would be to invite all the characters in our books to a party and have a chat and let them get to know each other!
How do you write together as a couple?
We’ve always worked together so it comes quite easily (most of the time).
A few bits of trivia about us
We are retired (except for writing books – but that’s more like a hobby and no one tells us to go to work so that doesn’t count)
Yes, we are caravanners and we do have a caravan called Daisy – actually we’ve had two caravans called Daisy – good name so why change it? Our favourite destinations are Northumberland and The Scottish Borders which feature in our books.
Christopher had a heart attack and triple bypass just like Jack but he’s fit and well and eating porridge now.
Life has bowled us some odd balls from time to time, which have inspired our books. Not going into details – don’t want to give any plot lines away.
“We’ve lived everywhere man” as the song goes but are now permanently settled in Darlington – probably, but who knows?
We live with Princess Bonnie – a black and white cavapoo who likes soft cushions and keeps us both firmly under her paw.
Lynne creates all the covers to our books. She enjoys painting when she’s not writing, cooking or hoovering. (I do the hoovering actually)
We hope you enjoy reading our books as much as we loved writing them. Thank you for spending your time reading our creations, for which we are grateful. We never intended making money from our writings – it was started as a retirement hobby but the extra income is the icing on our pensions cake. And we need the money. (joke)
That’s why we decided to have a crack at writing our first comedy novel in our sixties.
We write comedy misadventures for those who enjoy a smile and don’t want to take life too seriously.
Our lives both before and after we met and married have been full of surprises, funny incidents, and bizarre situations. We have both lived through ‘interesting times.’ What has kept us going through good times and bad has been our shared ironic sense of humour and strong self-belief that there will be a path through to better days.
We’ve tapped into our memories with our writing. Adding a good splash of over-active imagination and incredulity to come up with the characters and plots.
Are we like some of the characters in our books?
Yes, there are elements there especially in the Daisy Days books – Jack and Susie Morton are largely based on us. Other characters are a hotchpotch of people we’ve met, seen on TV or pure figments of our imagination.
Amazing how real they become though once they are brought to life in a manuscript. How wonderful it would be to invite all the characters in our books to a party and have a chat and let them get to know each other!
How do you write together as a couple?
We’ve always worked together so it comes quite easily (most of the time).
A few bits of trivia about us
We are retired (except for writing books – but that’s more like a hobby and no one tells us to go to work so that doesn’t count)
Yes, we are caravanners and we do have a caravan called Daisy – actually we’ve had two caravans called Daisy – good name so why change it? Our favourite destinations are Northumberland and The Scottish Borders which feature in our books.
Christopher had a heart attack and triple bypass just like Jack but he’s fit and well and eating porridge now.
Life has bowled us some odd balls from time to time, which have inspired our books. Not going into details – don’t want to give any plot lines away.
“We’ve lived everywhere man” as the song goes but are now permanently settled in Darlington – probably, but who knows?
We live with Princess Bonnie – a black and white cavapoo who likes soft cushions and keeps us both firmly under her paw.
Lynne creates all the covers to our books. She enjoys painting when she’s not writing, cooking or hoovering. (I do the hoovering actually)
We hope you enjoy reading our books as much as we loved writing them. Thank you for spending your time reading our creations, for which we are grateful. We never intended making money from our writings – it was started as a retirement hobby but the extra income is the icing on our pensions cake. And we need the money. (joke)
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September 3, 2025
Another delightful read from Lynne and Christopher. A wonderful Christmas story.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of their books and hope that there is another one in the making.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of their books and hope that there is another one in the making.
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