A family REUNION

Even with the best will in the world, family holidays can be fraught. While you might get along at sporadic gatherings throughout the year, spending 10 days together can be another matter. Would this work, I wondered, as I wheeled my suitcase to meet my elder sister Lynne, and fly halfway across the world.

I hadn’t been on holiday with Lynne since I was 12 years old, when we went to a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight and she won Miss Whitecliff Bay and I sang in the ‘Under 13s Talent Show’ (I didn’t win). So I wasn’t sure what to expect