MY HOLIDAY FROM HELL: I EXPECTED A GLAMOROUS WEEK ON A CATAMARAN – BUT SPENT THE WHOLE TIME HOPING NOT TO DIE

1. WHAT HAPPENED

Verified details available in the live RSS coverage:

• The Guardian: The warm, gentle conditions I was hoping for turned out to be ferociously windy.
• The Guardian: The anchor couldn’t hold our boat in place.
• The Guardian: And then my mum got trapped in the cabin … It started so well.
• The Guardian: She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it.
• The Guardian: It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything ‘There might be a dead bird in the box room.

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