E: 01/05 Win a villa holiday in France for up to seven people

Sunday Times Where Was I? competition

The prize:
The winners will stay for a week, on a self-catering basis, at Ouzenauds, a spacious property with a pool in a quiet hamlet in the Cognac region of France. It has two bedrooms in the main house and one in a pretty annexe on the other side of the garden. The nearest sandy beach is a 30-minute drive. It is one of a wide range of characterful villas and country houses offered by Affair Travel in France, Corsica, Croatia and northern Portugal.

The prize includes Channel crossings for a car and passengers from Portsmouth, Poole or Plymouth to Normandy or Brittany with Brittany Ferries.

The prize must be taken in September or October 2013, or June 2014. If Ouzenauds
is not available in 2014 through Affair Travel, a similar property will be offered.

Questions

Question 1: Where was I?

Answer: Hythe

Question 2: Who was the second-mentioned author?

Answer: Colin MacInnes