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2000s: Life is short so grab happiness wherever you can
Bring Me Sunshine
What you need to know before your trail
Charlotte Bold is nothing like her name – she is shy and timid and just wants a quiet life. When her job doing the traffic news on the radio in London is relocated to Sunshine FM in Mumbles, she jumps at the chance for a new start in Wales.
But when she arrives she discovers that she’s not there to do the travel news – she’s there to front the graveyard evening show. And she’s not sure she can do it.
Thrust into the limelight, she must find her voice and a way to cope. And soon she realises that she’s not the only person who finds life hard – out there her listeners are lonely too. And her show is the one keeping them going.
Travel Guide
Travel to Mumbles and Swansea with Bring Me Sunshine
Swansea
“Here, in front of the marina, he could see the entire curve of Swansea Bay. To his far left were the smoking industrial towers of Port Talbot steelworks and to his right, in the distance, Mumbles.”
Rhossili Bay
“Their first anniversary had been spent camping in the Gower, the area of outstanding natural beauty up the road from Mumbles, where they sunbathed on the glorious beach of Rhossili Bay and beat the tide by walking the mile-long rocky promontory called Worm’s Head.”
Mumbles
“From the shapes of the twin rocks off Bracelet Bay which, legend has it, French sailors had compared to a pair of boobs, ‘ les mamelles’, that had given the town its name. Beyond, to the lighthouse which stood as the last defence against the sea.”
The view
“The later after noon sky was wide and blue fringed with orange at the horizon, suggesting a classic of a sunset.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Bring Me Sunshine
Destination : Wales, Swansea Author/Guide: Laura Kemp Departure Time: 2000s
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