After the rollercoaster ride of my latest DI Marsh mystery launch, I am on a well deserved break in the Lake District. We come here, to Grasmere, every year at Easter, and stay at the same hotel, Rothay Garden. This year our pilgrimage had to be postponed, but at last we’re here!

Day 1

Pissing down with rain. Cooped indoors, looking down on the river swelling under our window. Still, nowhere else I’d rather be! We will hit the Coffin Trail later today (between episodes of torrential rain, me hopes). Coffin Trail was used in the past to transport – guess what – dead bodies from the villages to the common burial ground. It’s going to be to be Aaaaa SCREAM!