I watched the BBC sitcom The Kennedys quite a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I'd noticed that it was inspired by a book and so made a mental note that I needed to read the book. The book is Emma Kennedy's memoirs of family holidays, mostly camping, in the 1970s. The sitcom does have some holiday in it (the old bucket and windy Wales being one) but also just life with her bonkers family in general.

I've only been camping the once, and only overnight so this wasn't nostalgic for me in that sense. Neither the constant roll from one holiday disaster to the next (oh no, how has she crippled herself this time?), but we did have our annual UK holiday, albeit in the 80s for me, so there are some points I relate to. Although the Kennedys also venture to France on several occasions. Ah well, these memories make a holiday and you can laugh at them afterwards. I wouldn't personally say the book was laugh out loud at all - maybe the disasters were too relentless and continuous for me - but it was amusing, light reading. Not as good as the series though. I found her mad Welsh relatives some of the best bits, as well as all the drama meeting one of her mother's uni friends up Newcastle way.