Borry Porter
Author
Language
English
Description
These tales from the author's life experiences are mostly light-hearted but they all true. They start with Nellie the dinghy who eventually became the long, red, sleek speedboat named The Phantom. Some of the tales also involve the caravan that the author's father bought when Borry was thirteen years old. The family spent almost every weekend from March to October at St. Lawrence Bay in the wilds and farmlands of Essex, by the River Blackwater with...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a second foray into the author's life experiences as she re-introduces readers to her extended family and friends who were first encountered in her previous book, Tales from the Seaside. This selection of tales are taken from other family holidays over the author's lifetime. Readers accompany the family as they gallop across Europe, go north of the border and attempt to exchange their water-skis for snow skis, deal with mother and daughter...