I’m always browsing blogs and looking for interesting things to read, and this was one I stumbled upon through a comment on one of Stef’s posts. The blog is still a work-in-progress but it looks like it will be a good one. Jill has a section of her blog dedicated to Blyton, and has called it her Blyblog.

Lashings of gin
ger beer, heaps of potted meat sandwiches……deep filled pies and huge slabs of fruit cake packed with juicy goodness – just right to feed four hungry children and a dog. Maybe this is what first sucked me into the Famous Five and the wonderful world of Enid Blyton, luring me with one of them cartoon vaporous fingers. I too could go cycling with the Five, have an thrilling adventure, and enjoy a delicious picnic tea afterwards. OK so I was never keen on ginger beer or potted meat, but Enid Blyton had the happy ability to make even sand and dog-meat sandwiches sound mouth-wateringly yummy! […]
via Blyblog – JSlawit’s introduction to Enid — Where there’s a Jill there’s a way

Very interesting – thank you, Fiona.
Francis
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