Having been on holiday to Looe in Cornwall many times, I really wanted it to be the setting for Gerrenporth. Not only was it the perfect town for the story, but it had its own island sitting off the coast! Just what I needed. Looe Island, which is also known as St George’s Island, is roughly 22 acres, and at low tide you can just about walk over to it, but access is strictly by permission only as its now owned and managed by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and preservation of the wildlife is priority. But luckily we have drone footage and visitor videos available – so even though I’ve never actually been to the island in person, I’ve had a good look around it via YouTube. I’ve also read the book, We Bought An Island, by Evelyn Atkins – one of the two sisters who previously owned it. When Evelyn died, her younger sister, Babs, was offered a small fortune to turn it into a theme park, but refused and, instead, bequeathed it to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.