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Caravanning Solo: Hilarious Misadventures
Hilarious misadventures when Cathy suddenly decides that it's time to set about achieving the things that she's never done before. To prove to herself and to others that she can do them. To stretch herself. To do things that she wants to do. Travelling, exploring new places in her caravan. But she ends up encountering more than she ever expects.
It's three years now since her beloved husband Adam died. They both shared a love of caravanning in Rosie their caravan. But Adam did all the towing. Does Catherine sell her? Or does she summon up the courage and go on a training course to learn how to tow her? Being a lady of determination, she does the latter, and in the company of Bonnie and Bertie her two adorable fur babies, she goes off caravanning solo.
Music festivals, ghostly sightings in Barnard Castle, joining up with the hilarious “Ladies who Caravan” on their rallies, meeting the singing Harley-Davidson riding “Biker Elvis lookalikes”, touring around Scotland, England and Wales. Roman gold, suspected murders, mistakenly arrested for drug running.
Plus, the bonus...she unexpectedly discovers a new future for herself...new friendships, romances and love...on the open road, whilst caravanning solo.
It's three years now since her beloved husband Adam died. They both shared a love of caravanning in Rosie their caravan. But Adam did all the towing. Does Catherine sell her? Or does she summon up the courage and go on a training course to learn how to tow her? Being a lady of determination, she does the latter, and in the company of Bonnie and Bertie her two adorable fur babies, she goes off caravanning solo.
Music festivals, ghostly sightings in Barnard Castle, joining up with the hilarious “Ladies who Caravan” on their rallies, meeting the singing Harley-Davidson riding “Biker Elvis lookalikes”, touring around Scotland, England and Wales. Roman gold, suspected murders, mistakenly arrested for drug running.
Plus, the bonus...she unexpectedly discovers a new future for herself...new friendships, romances and love...on the open road, whilst caravanning solo.
589 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2021
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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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August 4, 2024
I was enjoying this book up to halfway, when it turned into an excerpt from a travel document, and, just further in, a kind of history lesson, then, even worse, a poor version of a Women's Own love story.
This is the fifth book I have read by these authors, and by far, the worst, unfortunately. Also, the proof reader, or the publisher, needs a good kick up the backside! Greg went from Geoff mid-chapter, Michael to Adam, Jeff to god knows who, all- in-all very disjointed. Has put me off reading the next in the series, sorry but can only say as I feel.
This is the fifth book I have read by these authors, and by far, the worst, unfortunately. Also, the proof reader, or the publisher, needs a good kick up the backside! Greg went from Geoff mid-chapter, Michael to Adam, Jeff to god knows who, all- in-all very disjointed. Has put me off reading the next in the series, sorry but can only say as I feel.
June 8, 2022
Does anyone proof read these?
I loved book 1&2 found this one hard going, full of drivel and the amount of times these women were in bed with the wrong man!!!!! In one instance she was in bed with the right man in one sentence and someone else the next !!! Shockingly bad read has out me off completely.
I loved book 1&2 found this one hard going, full of drivel and the amount of times these women were in bed with the wrong man!!!!! In one instance she was in bed with the right man in one sentence and someone else the next !!! Shockingly bad read has out me off completely.
October 13, 2025
Hilarious and at times a series of unfortunate events
I liked the book immensely, it is an easy read and very funny in placesd. If I was to criticise a little, I found the bits with two dogs apparently chatting a bit annoying.
I liked the book immensely, it is an easy read and very funny in placesd. If I was to criticise a little, I found the bits with two dogs apparently chatting a bit annoying.
February 16, 2025
ok story but the wrong names, really bad spelling and very bad grammar was awful. Cannot have been proof read, I had to finish it to see just how bad it got, the answer? Very bad
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