KEY POINTS:
My favourite holiday getaway is ...
Where the sun is shining and the surf keeps rolling through.
I love it because ...
For the rest of the year there's little sunshine and not much swimming.
Summer means getting out and about to ...
Pitch the tent and teach my tiny grandchildren how to swim.
Or just lying in the deckchair enjoying ...
Catching up on the last four months of Vanity Fair.
It's not a Kiwi summer without ...
The glory of pohutukawa and the wretched needles falling into the pool.
This Christmas was special because ...
My youngest daughter's parents-in-law made the long trek from France.
