Tag: Switzerland

  • Street Art in Switzerland #travel

    As you see, the blog/website has a new look now – this is a work in progress, so bear with us as we (ie Son 2) get it up and running. A few weeks ago, writers Louise Mangos and Alison Baillie and I went to the street art exhibition held all over the town centre…

  • Book Bargain #99p/c and a gorgeous chalet pic #travel

    Christmas at the Lakeside Hotel is out now and a bargain at 99p or equivalent – this won’t last long, so grab it while it’s hot! Meanwhile, book 1 in the series, Saving the Lakeside Hotel is in Amazon Prime Reading in the UK at the moment, so if you have Prime, you can download…

  • Book news – and other things… #travel #books

    I didn’t keep the date of the day when I first saw my (pen) name in print. I couldn’t even tell you the year, now, but it was in the 1990s and it was a short story in The People’s Friend, the first of 50-60 stories and articles I wrote for them and a couple…

  • The Summer of ’23… #writing #travel #books

    It’s been a mixed one here – we’ve had everything from searing heat to days on end of wall-to-wall rain. We’re back in a searing heat phase now, with no rain in sight until the end of the coming week. Lake Constance is over half a metre lower than average for the time of year,…

  • Sculptures in Switzerland #SilentSunday #travel

    A visit to the industrial area of our small lakeside town… Next week, we have another Cover Love post, this time with writer Amanda James – see you then!

  • The year the lake spilled over… #travel #books

    In Problems at the Lakeside Hotel, one of the main challenges hotel owners Rico and Stacy have to face is a rising – then overflowing – Lake Constance. Having to issue guests with wellies to get to the restaurant for dinner each night must be in the top ten of every hotel manager’s worst nightmares……

  • Out now: Problems at the Lakeside Hotel #books #newrelease

    Book three in the Escape to Switzerland series is out – tap HERE to see the entire series in your local Amazon Store! To celebrate, Problems… is just 99p etc worldwide this week, and the other two are 99p/c in the UK and US too. It’s not all going smoothly at the Lakeside Hotel… When…

  • Springtime in Switzerland… (almost) #SilentSunday #travel

    A few photos from last week: Next week, we have another Cover Love post, this time with writer Helen Pryke. See you then!

  • This and that… #books #Switzerland

    Nearly a week on from publication of Return to the Lakeside Hotel, and life is settling down again in N.E. Switzerland. Huge thanks here to everyone who has tweeted, shared, commented on posts, or bought, borrowed and read books. I’m really pleased to see the ‘Switzerland’ books going out in the world as full length…

  • Return to the Lakeside Hotel – out now! #newbook

    And like last time, my book went out with no problem at all – the gremlins really do seem to be gone. Next time, we can try for a more traditional approach to publication again… πŸ™‚ To celebrate, both books are available on kindle at just 99p for a few days – tap HERE to…