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Tag Archives: Five on a Secret Trail
Five on a Secret Trail part 3
Yet again a Famous Five review has run to three parts – and that’s without dedicating a whole post to one character! Here you’ll finally find the comments and nitpicks. Some general comments I’ve decided that this one isn’t a … Continue reading
Five on a Secret Trail part 2
The first part of this review covered my confusion over Harry/Guy, and that will probably continue as I cannot get it into my head which one’s kidnapped and which one isn’t. Going deeper underground I have said before that I … Continue reading
Monday #424
The hail seems to have stopped now, as the temperature has finally risen to a more acceptable 8 or 10 degrees most days. It hasn’t stopped raining, but then this is Scotland! From today we can meet people indoors and … Continue reading
Five on a Secret Trail
This is one of my lesser favourites, in fact it comes in at 18/21 in my ranking of the series. This is the first time I’ve read it since I wrote that list, so it will be interesting to see … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five on a Secret Trail, Guy Lawdler, Harry Lawdler, The Famous Five, Twins
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Monday #334
On my bookshelf part 4 and Letters to Enid part 13 Fancy – you never would clean Daddy’s bicycle for him when he asked you to. I suppose it’s because you’ll get a shilling from Mr. Fraser – and Mummy … Continue reading
Eleven things I’ve learned about camping from Enid Blyton
I’m on holiday this week, so I’ve managed to prewrite a few things to keep the blog going while I’m away. I’m not actually camping, though. In fact, here’s a secret: I’ve never gone camping. Ever. I like electricity and … Continue reading
Posted in Plot Devices
Tagged Camping, Five Get Into Trouble, Five Go Off to Camp, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Secret Trail, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, The Castle of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Secret Island
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Monday #327
June round up and Malory Towers on TV Hey, Timmy – you look like Queen Elizabeth the First in a fine big ruff! Uncle Quentin makes fun of Timmy and offends George so much that she goes off to camp … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Eunice Tolling, Five on a Secret Trail, July, Monday, The Mystery of the Missing Man, Timmy
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Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 4
And now I have reached the last books to organise – the ones that came after the favourites and the middling ones but not as low as my absolute least favourites. So I am left with Five Go Off to Camp, Five Go … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five on a Secret Trail
This episode is one I remembered from my childhood, I think it was one that I had on video with Five on a Hike Together. I don’t remember a lot of the episode as a rule, but I certainly remember … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, Five on a Secret Trail, Gertan Klauber, The Famous Five
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Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Secret Trail
Five on a Secret Trail is a hard to find episode, especially on video cassette. A limited number of video tapes were released with this episode in the 1990s from the retailer WHSmith. Thus when the likes of eBay was … Continue reading
The Twinniest Twins: Guy and Harry Lawdler from Five on a Secret Trail
We’re back to the twins of Enid Blyton, and this week I’m going to look into one of the iconic sets of twins that she wrote about. Another feature of the Famous Five stories, Harry and Guy Lawdler probably represent … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Five on a Secret Trail, Guy Lawdler, Harry Lawdler, The Famous Five, The Twinniest Twins, Twins
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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 13-15
Welcome to post number 5. You know the drill – there might be spoilers here if you’ve not read (or can’t remember) these books. Again, we are extremely lucky that these books were even written. After succumbing to her readers’ … Continue reading
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