Caravans, midges, fish and bollards

We’re delighted to bring you this new short story by up-and-coming novelist Catherine Simpson. Catherine, from Penicuik, is a previous winner of the prestigious Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award and her hotly anticipated novel Truestory will be published by Sandstone Press later this year.  *** The only time I ever cried with joy was when my parents bought a caravan. I was nine years old and thought we might go