Vicky McClure’s first children’s book is a love letter to a 'wholesome' caravan park in Skegness. The Line of Duty actress is so fond of the seaside town that she took her fiancé Jonny Owen there for a romantic weekend during a break in filming the BBC police drama.
As reported by The Mirror, she fears people have forgotten the magic of the holiday destination, so wants to encourage children to dream of going there. “It’s wholesome,” she coos of Skeggy. “You meet brilliant people, everybody mucks in, you go to the club house at night and there’s a bingo caller.
“I love it - I don’t want it to die out.” Her partner Jonny had never been to the seaside town, so Vicky took him a few years ago.
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“We got a B&B, it was brilliant - it p***** it down all weekend,” she says happily.
Her new book, Castle Rock Mystery Crew, recalls her family holidays and she says she still enjoys the same sort of trips, admitting she can get “bored” in fancy hotels. Vicky was inspired by the film Stand By Me, and tells Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach podcast the book aims to “encourage people to get back to the caravans”.
She has also included a character with dementia, to acknowledge her work with the Dementia Choir and to normalise the illness.
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