Small wonder I love this island set like a tiny jewel in the Mediterranean sea. It was here I got the inspiration for my first book - A Spanish Inheritance.

It's a tiny map, but you can see where I'm staying now if you look at Mao/Mahon, the capital, and the great harbour it stands on.
I'm on the south facing bank of that harbour, high up on the hill overlooking the non-stop action of ferries, cruise ships and smaller craft. It is the most wonderful view, and of course, there is a refreshing breeze up here, which is what we cold-weather people from the north really appreciate.

This a photograph of the old religious capital in the north of the island, Cuidadela

Quite wonderful with so much history – and a wonderful fish market, where last year I showed you the ladies there breaking into song and dance in the middle of serving when one of their favourite tunes came on the radio – did I mention that the people here are just wonderful? So uplifting. If you need a boost this is definitely the place to come.

Menorca is also very much a ‘bare-foot’ island – a place where pretension doesn’t exist – yet another reason why I enjoy coming here – it’s possible to stick on your shorts and flip-flops and go out from dawn ’til bed-time and you’re absolutely correctly dressed

There’s also a few more good reasons for a romantic novelist to venture into the Mediterranean – though the fabulous tennis player Raffa Nadal is a native of the neighbouring island Majorca – don’t all rush at once, we don’t want it to sink

Wishing you all a wonderful day,
Sxx