Tag Archives: The Mountain of Adventure

Philip Mannering’s animals – an essential A-Z guide

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Fiona

Philip has a magic way with animals and can tame just about anything to want to live in his pockets. He never keeps anything as banal as a cat or dog, but it would not be unusual to see a … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV: Mountain of Adventure

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Fiona

This series has certainly had ups and downs in its run so far. For me, Island was an acceptable adaptation, Woods was absolutely awful in every way, Valley was an unexpected success and then Sea was another reasonable episode. Shall … Continue reading →

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My favourite Enid Blyton quotes

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Fiona

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 →

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The Mountain of Adventure reviewed by Chris

Posted on June 24, 2015 by worldofblyton

This is the second of my reviews of my top three in the Adventure series. At number three was Castle and here I discuss my number two – The Mountain of Adventure. As before, I won’t summarise the plot in detail … Continue reading →

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The Mountain of Adventure, part 2

Posted on February 22, 2015 by pippastef

I have now finished the second half of the Mountain of Adventure (Hurrah! I hear you cry out!) I’m sorry for leaving things so long, but I hope you can bear with me. If you need to refresh your memory, … Continue reading →

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The Mountain of Adventure, part 1

Posted on February 8, 2015 by pippastef

So I was supposed to have read and finished The Mountain of Adventure for the blog this week. Unfortunately time got away from me and I only managed to read half, so I thought I would give you half a … Continue reading →

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The Mountain of Adventure

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Fiona

I’ve just realised I haven’t done an Adventure Series review since mid-May, oops! So now I bring you The Mountain of Adventure, the fifth in the series and originally published in 1949.               THE … Continue reading →

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Three irreplaceable books by Su

Posted on November 27, 2012 by worldofblyton

Over on the Enid Blyton Society forums, Poppy asked a question about what your top ten books would be to save. I did list ten, but of them all, only three books would be irreplaceable.  You may be thinking that … Continue reading →

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