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Tag Archives: Five Go to Smuggler’s Top
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 3
Part one covered Five On a Treasure Island, and then part two was Five Go Adventuring Again and Five Run Away Together. Five Go to Smuggler’s Top This is, of course, my absolute favourite so I was really really hoping … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five
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Monday #386
I think my library will be opening again this week, but with limited staffing offering a click/call and collect service. That means I won’t be back yet but I can perhaps get some new books! Malory Towers on TV: a … Continue reading
My top Blyton locations
I had, initially, intended this to be a top ten. But knowing how they almost always turn into top elevens, example A (top Famous Five moments) and example B (Top Adventure Series moments), I missed the number out of the … Continue reading
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top part 3: a focus on Uncle Quentin
Unlike the 70s TV series in the books Uncle Quentin doesn’t turn up at the end of every adventure (only a slight exaggeration) to resolve everything. Normally he is to be found skulking around Kirrin Cottage slamming doors and shouting when other people are noisy. I have reviewed … Continue reading
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top
Here we are at book #4 in the series and, as I’ve probably said a hundred times or more, this is my absolute favourite Famous Five book. It won first place in my list of favourite Blyton books, and unsurprisingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Eileen Soper, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Sooty Lenoir, The Famous Five
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Monday #294
Inscriptions in books: this book belongs to and Five Go to Smuggler’s Top Dick Kirrin on seagulls: If they can mew like cats, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t bark like dogs. – Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (seeing as … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Malory Towers, Mam'zelle Rougier, Monday, November
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Top 11 Famous Five moments
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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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
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Monday #256
February is nearly over yet it’s colder than ever! Up in Dundee we are forecast for EIGHT DAYS of snow, brrrr! Mischief at Midnight, by Esme Kerr and Blyton on TV Castaway Hill, the home of Smuggler’s Top, Mr Barling, … Continue reading
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Tagged Castaway Hill, Fatty, February, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Frederick Algernon Trotteville, Monday
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Putting the Famous Five in order
Sorry to anyone who thinks I’m about to skelp Julian for being bossy, or George for her temper. I actually want to do something even harder: put the series in order of most to least favourite. I’ve always had books … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, part 2
Last week I did a review of the first part of Five go to Smuggler’s Top and now I’m going to bring you a review of the second part. We start this episode off with a recap of what happened … Continue reading
Famous Five 70’s Style Five Go to Smugger’s Top, part 1
Now I know I did the 90s series in strict Blytonian order but as a pure mistake (or was it careful planning?) I ended up looking at Five Go to Smuggler’s Top Part 1 instead of Five Run Away Together … Continue reading
The Famous Five Adventures Card Game played by Fiona
I persuaded Ewan to play this with me last night, and we fell into the same trap as Stef and I did. We drew a card on every turn (the instructions are not quite clear!) and made it pointless to … Continue reading
My favourite Enid Blyton quotes
This post was inspired by an article on the Guardian site: Six of the best Enid Blyton quotes which was published in honour of Enid Blyton’s birthday this year. Two of the quotes were no surprise as they are always floating … Continue reading
Fiona’s six favourite Enid Blyton Books
I was rather stuck for a post this week as I didn’t want to subject you all to Noddy too many weeks in a row. This post was Stef’s idea as I hadn’t thought of anything myself and she assures … Continue reading
The Famous Five Card Game played by Fiona
I didn’t get around to listening to an audio drama for the blog this week (I think that was what I was meant to have done, at least!) so as Stef has arrived in Dundee tonight we decided to play … Continue reading
Corinna’s Famous Five Pick’n’Mix Reflections: Five Go to Smuggler’s Top
Shamefully, I have realised that my last Famous Five Pick’n’Mix Reflection was posted 6 months ago! I wonder that Stef and Fiona haven’t removed my name from the blog completely. However, it is getting decidedly autumnal down here in the … Continue reading
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top: An exciting dramatised adventure
Last year when Stef and I went to Seven Stories I bought a CD of Five Go to Smuggler’s Top and Five Get Into a Fix. Well, I haven’t yet listened to either of them yet (I have a bad … Continue reading
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