The Road to Porthgaren
In the second volume of the Chitley Chronicles, journalist Didya Toombs is planning an expedition. A friend has offered him use of a camper van and he’s heading west to take in a few historic sites of interest. To make the trip more interesting for his octogenarian travel companion, Percy, who has little interest in cultural fact finding, they’re going to take in a few racecourses on the way.
Their plans take a turn, however, when they meet Alan, a visitor to The Centre who, sadly, has not too long left on this planet. Alan’s one wish before he dies is to see his estranged daughters and Didya offers his help. The girls live somewhere in Cornwall but Alan doesn’t know where, and so the three of of them, together with Vincent who runs The Centre, head off on a quest to make Alan’s wish come true.
The trip is far from uneventful though, as hardly having left home they find themselves delivering a bouncing baby boy before, further along the way, taking on a stray, a young lad with shedloads of emotional baggage who needs straightening out. If that’s not challenge enough, persons unknown with murderous intent seem determined to stop them reaching their destination. But the team are made of sterner stuff and eventually reach their goal.
There’s a fire, surfing, kite flying, a wedding and a heart attack, not to mention the mummified corpse and a bag of diamonds to deal with. Not your average road trip.
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