My latest Long Read at The Independent: "How I survived a holiday from hell"

Sunday morning. On a particularly busy section of the A2 – our old car hemmed in by transcontinental lorries, all apparently in desperate need to reach Dover – the Citroen C4 begins to lose power. Even with my foot to the floor the speedo continues to drop – 30, 25, 20 – while behind me truck drivers help out as best they can by tooting horns and waving fists.

“There seems to be something wrong with the car,” I tell my wife.

READ THE REST OF MY LATEST "LONG READ" AT THE INDEPENDENT

PS Speaking of holiday nightmares - check out my comic novel KIDOLOGY (mentioned in the article). The perfect holiday read!