It was a fabulous day today, so I decided to make the most of what might easily be the last of the summer sun. Consequently I have spent the day wandering across fields and down winding country lanes, eating an improbable number of blackberries. Basically I have been having an Enid Blyton flavoured day (although without the lashings of ginger beer, because yuck). Also no smugglers. I'm rubbish at finding adventures. Apparently smugglers and thieves and spies and sinister foreigners from countries nobody's ever heard of before, are much better at hiding from me than they are at hiding from eleven year old boys with ridiculous pets. No fair.

There was a mysterious barn, but that didn't have any smugglers in it either. Or ghosts.

Nice river nearby though. Also devoid of smugglers, or pirates. I did see a frog, but it didn't seem to be up to anything suspicious.

But! There was a secret turret. There may have been a kidnapped prince locked in it, but it was too far away to tell.

Possibly a relic of an exciting car chase?! Actually I think it was probably a relic of the flood of '06. That dumped a lot of odd stuff in a lot of odd places. But it's nearly an exciting mystery, if you squint.


Autumn's on the way, folks. Which is good, as darker evenings are better for adventures.

There was a mysterious barn, but that didn't have any smugglers in it either. Or ghosts.

Nice river nearby though. Also devoid of smugglers, or pirates. I did see a frog, but it didn't seem to be up to anything suspicious.

But! There was a secret turret. There may have been a kidnapped prince locked in it, but it was too far away to tell.

Possibly a relic of an exciting car chase?! Actually I think it was probably a relic of the flood of '06. That dumped a lot of odd stuff in a lot of odd places. But it's nearly an exciting mystery, if you squint.


Autumn's on the way, folks. Which is good, as darker evenings are better for adventures.