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Five Get Into a Fix part 3

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Fiona

Having used up an entire post just to talk about Aily, here are my thoughts about the solution to the mystery, my various other comments and of course the nitpicks. The solving of the mystery I was actually mildly disappointed … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five, The Mountain of Adventure, The Secret of Moon Castle | 3 Comments

Caves and secret passages – the reality

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Fiona

Following on from finding a true Hollow Tree House we recently made a trip to Auchmithie beach, which just so happens to be the home of several caves and even a ‘secret’ passage or two. How do they compare to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Locations | Tagged Auchmithie, Beach, Caves, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Run Away Together, Secret passages, Smuggler Ben, The Island of Adventure, The Secret of Spiggy Holes | 6 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea part 3

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Fiona

Well, here we are, finally at the nitpicks I promised. Hope they were worth it! The timeline Warning, this first nitpick is a long one! The timeline of the story in regards to the Barnies’ visit makes no sense to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Clopper, Five Go Down to the Sea, Mr Penruthlan, The Barnies, The Famous Five, Tremannan Farm, Yan | 2 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea part 2

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve reviewed the main story here, so now it’s time for everyone’s favourite part two, where I viciously dissect the book and point out all the plot holes and mistakes. The illustrations First up, a few points about Eileen Soper’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five | 9 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Fiona

We have reached another of my favourites with book #12, this came fourth in my definitive (personal) rankings of the 21 books. [It has just come to my attention two weeks later that I accidentally skipped book #11, Five Have … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five | 5 Comments

Monday #277

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Fiona

Miss Grayling’s Girls and Blyton’s homeliest secret homes Just at that moment the old man came into the room again with a jug of water. How he stared! But, before he could do anything, the chest-of-drawers rose up in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Adventures of the Wishing Chair, Five Go Down to the Sea, July, Monday, The Wishing Chair | Leave a comment

Top 11 Famous Five moments

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Fiona

I’ve written plenty about the Famous Five, including putting the whole series into order from my most favourite to least favourite. And now I’ve decided to list my ten favourite moments from the series. Being 21 books long I can’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Favourites, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five Have Plenty of Fun, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five on Finniston Farm, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 13 Comments

Monday #274

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Fiona

My top ten Adventure Series moments and June round up “Ock-ock-oo.” – Mr Penruthlan Mr Penruthlan is a giant of a man but most of the time he lacks an important element of speech – his false teeth! Thus most … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, July, Monday, Mr Penruthlan, The Castle of Adventure | Leave a comment

Summer reads

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Fiona

After a glorious May, and a bit of a cloudy June, summer seems to have arrived in earnest in Scotland. We spent an afternoon at the beach and Brodie paddled in the sea for the first time, and I started to wonder … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged A Lazy Afternoon, Five Fall Into Adventure, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five on Finniston Farm, Five Run Away Together, Holiday Stories, Round the Year; Summer, Seasonal Reads, Summer, Summer Holiday Stories, Summertime Stories, The Adventure Series, The Adventurous Four, The Caravan Family, The Famous Five, The Island of Adventure, The Mystery of the Invisible Thief, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, The Mystery of the Vanished Prince, The Pole Star Family, The River of Adventure, The Saucy Jane Family, The Secret Mountain, The Secret of Killimooin, The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Ship of Adventure | 6 Comments

Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 2

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Fiona

THE TRICKY PART – 18 MORE TITLES As I said at the beginning of my previous post, I had in the past loosely grouped them into ‘most favourites’ ‘middling favourites’ and ‘least favourites’, so perhaps that’s a good place to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 26 Comments

My three least favourite Blyton characters

Posted on November 25, 2016 by pippastef

Overall, I don’t think we consciously give much thought to our least favourite characters, instead we focus on the ones we do love and enjoy, which is fair enough. However the other week, when I was telling you about the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Alicia Johns, Fatty, Five Go Down to the Sea, Frederick Algernon Trotteville, Malory Towers, The Five Find-Outers, Yan | 12 Comments

Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 2

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Fiona

If you missed the first part of Five Go Down to the Sea, you can find it here, and catch up with my thoughts on the adaptation before reading this second part. Now let’s take a look at the second … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, Clopper, Five Go Down to the Sea, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Marcus Harris, Michele Galagher, Rupert Graves, The Barnies, The Famous Five | 3 Comments

Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 1

Posted on November 4, 2016 by pippastef

As far as I am concerned Five go Down to the Sea comes in three different stories. The premise is the same in each, there is something going on in this quiet Cornish village that the Five stumble across and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, Five Go Down to the Sea, Gary Russell, Gravediggers, Jennifer Thanisch, Lestrade, Marcus Harris, Michael Hinz, Michele Galagher, Rupert Graves, Sherlock, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 2

Posted on October 16, 2015 by pippastef

We looked at Part One of Five Go Down to the Sea last week, and now I’m going to bring you part 2. Last week we left off with the Five staring at the flashing light on the cliff at … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Cornwall, Five Go Down to the Sea, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, Penruthlan, Smugglers, The Barnies, The Famous Five, Tremannon Farm | Leave a comment

Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 1

Posted on October 9, 2015 by pippastef

Five Go Down to the Sea is another two part adventure in the 90s Famous Five listing. A lot of the second series were two parters and not usually for the better but that said, Five Go Down to the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five Go Down to the Sea, Ian Brimble, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Maggie Wells, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

Five Go Down to the Sea reviewed by Chris

Posted on April 29, 2015 by worldofblyton

In my review of Five Go Adventuring Again I listed it as one of top three Famous Fives and I am now going to review the other two, starting with Five Go Down to the Sea which is the twelfth … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five, Written by Chris | 2 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Fiona

I’m being bad this week and listening to CD2 from the set before CD1. I can’t help that though as I promised to do Five Go Down to the Sea and I much prefer that to the alternative which is Five … Continue reading →

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Posted in Audio Books and Audio Dramatisations | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five | 4 Comments

Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 10-12

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Fiona

This is part four of the series of Famous Five posts. If you’ve not yet read these three books you might find this gives away some things you didn’t want to know, so read on at your own peril. FIVE … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Famous Five Series Synopsis, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Five on a Hike Together, The Famous Five | 3 Comments

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