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I don't normally have a problem when our summer holiday is over. The prospect of returning is never one that fills me with dread or sadness...until yesterday, We have just had our annual two week summer holiday and as in the past two years we took it at Piynar Villa Hotel in Turkey. Piynar is a little piece of heaven on earth we discovered two years ago and this was our third visit. We had a fabulous time. Lots of lazing in the sun by our own pool, trips out, great people - some of whom we knew from previous years and some great new friends. On Friday we threw a pool party in our villa. It was Richard's idea and it turned out to be a fun filled brilliant afternoon. The staff at Piynar catered for us to an amazingly excellent degree. We had some silly pool games and all in all it was a true holiday highlight. I think that all the planning for that made me not think that the next day we would be travelling home. Saturday dawned as all other days bright clear and hot and we ha...

A day on a film set conjures up all sorts of glamorous thoughts.  And in some aspects it is glamorous. You get picked up from your home by a driver and driven to location. Once there, you are met and someone gets you a tea or breakfast and you’re shown to your trailer. In this case quite a comfortable one with a very nice shower room. You get changed, head to make up, head back to your trailer and then the waiting begins...... Many is the time that I have left home at sparrowfart for Rich to ring me at 10.00am to find that all I’ve done s had a bacon sandwich and a nap! Some times if you’re only on a shoot for one or two days you can be very busy. It’s possible to shoot a significant role in a tv film or drama in very few days if they work you hard. On soaps such as “Doctors” I have filmed upwards of twenty scenes in a day. A major American studio film works at a different pace. Three or four scenes at the very most slated for each day of shooting. On “Peep Show” which is very ...