Aspiring author seeks help

Remember once being told that, if creating a story, it's always better to draw on your own experience first.

Regal? Have you decided what to do?

do you write tales of your travels to post in the story section on here? 

Hi Steve. 

I have been keeping a journal of my travels, which I intend to type up someday. I will be drawing on these experiences and locations for the stories.

OH writes for the story section and does articles for the village magazine. Good idea to start small? Short stories first possibly

I was planning on short stories involving these characters and their adventures in a caravan.

Off to Padstow at the end of July so I may start to write the first one while I'm there.

What a lovely idea good luck, keep us updated with how you go on

Jx

I recently re-read Enid Blyton's 'Five Go Off in a Caravan'. Hokey and class-ridden as the plot may be, there are some lovely descriptions and details of caravans and caravanning in the mid to late forties... 

I started a whodunnit in my head at one site - two women turned up with a huge Winniebago and masses of little dogs - the driver then disappeared and wasn't seen again - with the other lady eventually leaving on her own - I couldn't help wondering what the dogs had been eating! 

My first camping trip was in the early 50s I still have a few pictures of the caravan being craned onto the ferry - and us children cleaning our teeth in a water trough somewhere!  The smell of the Elsan was quite unforgettable - as was the smell the snake my sister brought inside made!  My father just found an orchard in Brittany and asked the owners if we could park.  I don't remember spending nights en route but we must have done.  Pretty sure there weren't any sites of the sort I use today. 

My daughter has Five Go Off in a Caravan. Maybe I should re-read that.

Thanks Pippah45, that's the sort of think I need to know and thanks for the support Vixensax. Things are going slow at the moment though. (Other ideas keep popping into my head. I need to settle on one.)

The one thing I do remember is the gas mantle lights we needed at night- being very hot bloodied I had to sit outside so I didn't melt! I doubt that the fiery furnace that Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo found themselves in was as hot!!!