A MAGICAL LUCERNE ‘FARAWAY’ TREE

A  MAGICAL LUCERNE  'FARAWAY' TREE

The climbing tree I grew up with was a giant lucerne. It provided as much delight for our family as that fictional ‘faraway’ tree. One of my favourite  childhood books  was The Magic Faraway tree, by Enid Blyton. It actually belonged to my sister. Who could not

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RIVER THAMES- AND THE BIRTH OF A BOOK.

RIVER THAMES-  AND THE BIRTH OF A BOOK.

A HOUSE BY THE THAMES In 1996 my husband Rob and I bought a holiday house on an 18th century estate called Harleyford, by the banks of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire. For the next fifteen years we divided our time between England and Australia. Originally we

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