Nothing Like the Brochure

For everyone else in the world, holidays invariably mean a time for relaxing and enjoying yourself, away from all the stress and worry of modern life. Not so for Charlie Green - when he ventures abroad, at least. For fifty weeks of the year, he lives a comfortable and contented, if slightly dull existence. But give him a fortnight in the hot Mediterranean sun and he soon becomes embroiled in mystery and mayhem - and they certainly don't tell you about that in the brochure! So, for eight years, he has resisted his wife Brenda's entreaties to take her somewhere more glamorous than Caister-on-Sea, Clacton or Camber Sands. But now, in 2015, he has finally run out of excuses - although, after the last calamitous time, he would rather walk the plank than go on another cruise! They have survived the financial crisis - better than most, actually - and, for Brenda, at least, life is passing them by. And doesn't she deserve a decent holiday, just for putting up with him? So, reluctantly, Charlie agrees to two weeks on the holiday island of Menorca. According to the brochure, it hardly ever rains there. So lightning couldn't possibly strike twice, could it?