And Not In A Van

And Not In A Van chronicles holidays from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s that were not taken in a motorhome, whether hired or owned. We start in Spain in 1975, 1976 and 1977 at my paternal grandparents' villa above Fuengirola, and we end in 1987 and 1989 at timeshare holidays in Spain, between Fuengirola and Marbella. Between these two bookends, we visit both sets of grandparents in England, both as a family and later myself and my sister on our own, we go to a farm in Pembrokeshire in 1980, and a bed and breakfast in York in 1984, and I alone go to Computer Park 1982 at Apethorpe Hall (now Palace), France with the school in 1984, and Switzerland with the school in 1985. We visit the Thames Barrier and Rochester, and celebrate Grandma's 80th birthday in 1988, after which the family head off to Spain, but I don't.