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Author Archives: pippastef
A visit to Bourne End and Old Thatch with the Enid Blyton Society Forumites
That title is a bit of a mouthful really, but on Sunday fourteen forumites met up along with seven of their nearest and dearests (some more willingly than others) for lunch and a wander around old Thatch. A good number … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Bourne End, Enid Blyton Society, Flowers, Nature, Old Thatch, Robin
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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 21
Chapter 21 Gently and in complete darkness, Julian pushed open the door; it swung open on well-greased hinges. Darrell felt like her heart was going to explode, and David was sure that he was breathing too loudly. Julian stepped through … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 20
Chapter 20 Twenty minutes later David and Darrell were back outside the café, waiting for Julian. David had the satchel containing everything they could find and the items Julian had suggested that they get for Sally on his back. Darrell … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 19
Chapter 19 Darrell was waiting for the boys when they finally made it out of the changing rooms. She saw David grinning ruefully at Julian as he was teased about his rugby skills once more. “Well I don’t see you … Continue reading
Bank Holiday Monday
Happy Easter to one and all for yesterday, and today is a bank holiday. Usual British weather seemingly dictates that it shall rain. Is it raining where you are? This week we have more smashing blogs for you, Poppy’s next … Continue reading
Making Blyton’s Food: Jammy buns
After one of Fiona’s marvelous re-blogs about jammy buns, I knew I had to have a go. I have the same book that Helen at Novelicious has, Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by Jane Brocket, as you know so I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Food and recipes
Tagged Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer, Jammy Buns, Jane Brocket, Making Blyton's Food
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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 18
Chapter 18 Sally let Julian walk her back to the entrance of her halls. She stood on the step in front of the door and looked at him. She smiled wanly. “I would ask you up for a cup of … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 17
If you need to refresh your memory as to what has been going on in St Andrews, click here. For those of you who don’t need a refresh, here is chapter seventeen. Chapter 17 Julian sat on the beach, on … Continue reading
The Twins at St Clare’s
Now as you all know I am a big Malory Towers fan, and I love the series quite dearly, but I have never read a St Clare’s book until now. I brought the 1967 Dragon paperback from the Barnardo’s Charity … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Dragon, St Clare's, The O'Sullivan Twins, The Twins at St Clare's
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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 16
Chapter 16 An hour later Julian and David walked out of their science lecture in near complete silence. It had not been a good lecture, Old Dotty was angry and muddled and Anthony had not turned up, leaving the boys … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 15
Chapter 15 As the boys headed down to their lecture, hoping that their plan would work, the girls settled down on their beds once more for a quick chat. “I suppose we don’t need to do anything major,” Darrell said, … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 14
Chapter 14 Inside the office, Julian had been offered the spare seat and was sitting down in front of the professor as he rambled on. In fact the man hadn’t said anything in the least bit interesting or related to … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 13
Chapter 13 Sally awoke the next morning, having had a restless night. Her harshness towards Julian had plagued her thoughts the previous evening and had troubled her in her sleep causing her to wake every few hours. She didn’t like … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 12
Not read any so far? Catch up on the other chapters by clicking here. Chapter 12 Sally was sitting in the library, trying to get some of her work done. Her books were stacked up in a neat pile in … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 11
Hope you don’t mind a double helping of fan fiction this week! Hope you enjoy! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter 11 “Nothing,” … Continue reading
Bourne End under water
Last Sunday, when we had some nice sunny weather (and a break from all this rain) I thought I would go for a walk, and well for some reason, I thought that it would be nice to go to Bourne … Continue reading
February – A poem by Enid Blyton
A bit of a change of plan, but favouring you with Blyton’s poem about February as the month has just changed! Hope you like it! Oh, I saw February sweet, Heard her elfin laughter, Saw her little twinkling feet Dance … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure
So I purchased and started reading the Adventure Series properly earlier this year. I collected a set of early editions from ebay and set about reading them. I know Fiona has already done reviews on the Adventure Series (the Island … Continue reading
The Missing Papers: A St Andrew’s Adventure, chapter 10
I hope you enjoy this as much as the last couple of chapters. Don’t forget if you want to catch up, click the tag “The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure” at the bottom of this post for more chapters! … Continue reading
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