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Tag Archives: The Valley of Adventure
Monday #445
Last October I was writing about how it would be my last month of full furlough. I was right and also wrong, as although I went back to work in November, I was back on furlough January to March. This … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 11 (Epilogue)
Last time we had the conclusion to the children’s adventures in the valley. Now to get them safely home. Chapter 11, epilogue Allie was standing at the window, her dressing gown wrapped around her, peering around the curtains and waiting … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 10
Last time Bill and his men met up with Lucy-Ann, Jack, Dinah and Kiki then snuck through the tunnel from the fern-cave into the back of the treasure caves. Chapter 10 They were lucky that the men had all put … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 9
Last time Bill and his crew including Philip arrived back in the valley and made their way to the treasure caves. Chapter 9 Anatoly rolled the best he could, finishing in a crouch, so that he could reach for his … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 8
Last time Bill collected Anatoly and two other agents from an airstrip in Austria and they began the final part of their journey to the valley. Chapter 8 Soon they were coming into land at the valley that Philip pointed … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 7
Previously Bill went up to Gairdon to collect Philip, and then they set off in a plane to Austria. Chapter 7 Almost trembling with excitement Anatoly packed his things, paid the landlady and went to see if he could catch … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 6
Last time Bill arrived in Gairdon to hear Philip’s startling tale of their time in the Valley of Adventure. Chapter 6 After talking to Bill on Tuesday evening, Anatoly had decided it was time to move his digs before he … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 5
Previously, the children go missing on an unknown aeroplane and Bill and his men mount a search. The last instalment had Bill receiving a call to say that Philip had surfaced in Gairdon… Chapter 5 Within half an hour two … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 4
So far the children have gone missing and Bill and Anatoly have been trying to work out where they are. Now Anatoly’s in Europe, looking for clues, and Bill’s in London waiting for news. Chapter 4 Anatoly sighed and sat … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 3
So far we have posted two chapters of our new fanfiction which takes a look at what happened to Bill, and Anatoly, once the children board the wrong plane. In chapter one we saw the scene at the aerodrome, and … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 2
Two weeks ago we posted the first chapter of our new fanfiction which takes a look at what happened to Bill, and Anatoly, once the children boarded the wrong aeroplane. Chapter 2 Anatoly thought better than to answer the comment … Continue reading
Monday #357
January round up and Macaroons It was a waterfall – but what a big one! It fell from a great height, almost sheerly down the mountainside, and cascaded far below them, fine spray rising high in the air. It wetted … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane
Here we have a brand-new fan fiction story for you. We all know the book The Valley of Adventure. We’ve read about what happened to the children once they boarded the wrong plane, and their adventures in the valley. But Bill … Continue reading
Monday #356
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane (a new fanfic story!) and The Naughtiest Girl updated part 5 Jack undid a rope from round his waist. He nearly always had one there. Jack is always prepared (and perhaps … Continue reading
Monday #339
September round up and The Naughtiest Girl in the School covers through the years Far below the waterfall resolved itself into a winding river that curved round the foot of the mountain. The children could not see where it … Continue reading
Monday #325
The second post of this week will depend on whether or not I am actually called for jury duty at the end of the week. If I am, on top of working and running around after a toddler, I may … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged June, Monday, The Twins at St Clare's, The Valley of Adventure
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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
The Adventure Series covers through the years part 2
Last week I wrote a great deal about the Stuart Tresilian covers for this series. In my defence there are three different covers for six of the books and two for the other two. That’s twenty-two different designs! Anyway, after … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Armada, Macmillan, Piccolo, Piper, The Adventure Series, The Castle of Adventure, The Circus of Adventure, The Island of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The River of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Ship of Adventure, The Valley of Adventure
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The Adventure Series covers through the years
I recently looked at the covers of the Famous Five covers through the years. There were so many incarnations of the 21 books that it took two posts. The Adventure Series hasn’t been reprinted nearly so many times, so this should … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Macmillan, Stuart Tresilian, Thames, The Adventure Series, The Castle of Adventure, The Circus of Adventure, The Island of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The River of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Ship of Adventure, The Valley of Adventure
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