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The Faery Capital
My last film in my series exploring locations that inspired The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. This week it’s all about the faery capital of Inchmahome! In other news, today was my last day as a District Nurse. More on … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery Buckle, book locations, children's author, crannog, crannog centre, crannogs, faeries, faery capital, fire, Hannah Foley, Inchmahome, inspiration, lake of menteith, loch, neolithic, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle
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Folktales: Crannogs and The Crannog – Monsters in the Landscape
In my book, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, there is a great monster, kept in an enchanted sleep in a cavern under Edinburgh. The creature is called a Crannog. A crannog is not really a monster at all, but when … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, crannogs, edinburgh, Hannah Foley, Inchmahome, islands, lake of menteith, loch, Loch Arnish, magic, middle-grade fiction, monsters, neolithic, pottery, roundhouses, scotland, Scottish Crannog Centre, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, writer
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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamieβs book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, itβs a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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