If you’ve flown with Ryanair before, you’ll know the company doesn’t have a generous baggage allowance. So when I head off to Dublin for a few days tomorrow, I’ve had to be selective about what I bring for reading and writing for the journey.
I’m definitely bringing my laptop, which will sit alongside my plastic A4 document holder. This comfortably holds my A5 paper diary and a commercial-sized paperback. My current read is The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, and it’s the first time in a long time I’ve wanted to read a whole series.
However, I’m going to visit a pal from university on her birthday weekend. We typically swap cards by post, so I’m taking the opportunity to hand it over in person and I’m including a book, which will take up the other half of that document holder. As such, I’ve decided to take my copy of Writing Magazine to read instead, as it’ll slot nicely into the holder.
This gives me just enough room left to slip in some postcards. I know these went out of fashion with the advent of the text message and they’ll likely arrive home long after I do, but I specifically wanted to send some. I’ve already stuck on the address labels, so it’s just a matter of writing the messages and taking them to a post office, no doubt to the bemusement of the cashier.
Gavin Cameron 
This sounds like an exciting trip and getting to catch up with a long time friend. It takes planning for me, also over what to take over a flight. I tend to bring my ipad, pens, a good notebook, music, book and away we go. Your book sounds interesting. What’s it about? Hope you have a good time.
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Even without the cost of taking further luggage, I tend to keep a one-bag policy, so if it doesn’t fit, it’s not coming. I thought I’d be questioned because my rucksack wasn’t quite within the dimensions, but it did fit comfortably under the seat in front, which is what you need.
The Man Who Died Twice is set in sheltered housing, where a group of octogenarians solve seemingly uncrackable local murders. This is the second book in the series, where they’ve proved their worth and the police are taking their investigations more seriously. It’s definitely in the more ‘cosy crime’ genre where you don’t see any grisly details.
In this one, a former MI5 agent has already ‘died’ as part of an operation. Now he’s been killed for real while hiding out in their sheltered housing complex, and that’s where the group come in.
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