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Look! The fiery autumnal proof of Sistersong is st

Look! The fiery autumnal proof of Sistersong is starting to appear in the wild! Thank you to @ogden_library for this gorgeous photo.
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#bookstagram #igreads #twosisters #Sistersong #proof #arc #autumncolours #fantasy #historicalfiction #folktale #folklore #earlymedieval #devon #panmacmillan #newbook #coverlove #bookjacket

"Where did they go?" "Where the leaves go in autum

"Where did they go?"
"Where the leaves go in autumn," Will said.
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I'm afraid it's getting close to The Dark is Rising time of year and I will be burrowing into that book like a cosy blanket on a wailing winter night.
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#susancooper #thedarkisrising #silveronthetree #cosyreads #wintereads #autumnreads #autumn #brightleaves #autumncolours #fall #devon

Mum's birthday calls for cosy aperitifs and candle

Mum's birthday calls for cosy aperitifs and candles.
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#cosy #cosyroom #warmlight #candles #birthday #aperitif #home #prosecco

❝Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are al

❝Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.❞ – Andrea Gibson
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#andreagibson #poetry #quote #autumn #fall #fallingleaves #autumncolour #changingseasons #trees #leaves #sidmouth #devon

I love this gate near my house and can't resist ta

I love this gate near my house and can't resist taking photos of it. Today I felt the need for a spooky filter so I can imagine it's something out of a Brontë novel. It has to lead to a forgotten overgrown manor owned by an enigmatic noble or a crypt in the woods that everyone knows is haunted by the spirit of an unloved child.

Where do you think it leads? No one is allowed to say to the ordinary house to which it clearly belongs 😅
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#storytelling #spooky #mysteriouspath #gate #creepy #ivy #wheredoesitgo #sidmouth #devon #haunted #brontesisters
#stories

Oh my goodness what a dull afternoon. To make up f

Oh my goodness what a dull afternoon. To make up for it, have this gorgeous autumnal photo I took in Golden Copse the other day! I do think nature is at her best in autumn – if the sun is shining.
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Apologies for absence. I've been working hard on the copyedit of Sistersong because the deadline is tomorrow. I finished this morning so had a cheeky glass of wine at lunch to celebrate 😉

Speaking of autumn colours, I've just seen the cover Pan Macmillan have done for the limited physical proof run of Sistersong and it is 🔥 Will share soon!
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#Sistersong #bookstagram #bookproof #coverlove #copyedit #amediting #autumn #autumncolours #nature #fallenleaves #autumnal #sidmouth #devon #goldencopse

𝕮𝖚𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖑 𝕯𝖗𝖆

𝕮𝖚𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖑 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖍
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Mallorca's Dragon Caves are four linked caves thought to be formed during the Miocene era approx. 23-5 million years ago. I visited them in 2017 so please excuse the phone camera! You can take a trip on the underground lake, one if the largest in Europe (pic9), and listen to a short live concert that fills the depths with echoes.
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Caves are some of my favourite places to visit; I like to imagine how the furthest darkest reaches have existed for millennia untouched by human hands. They are eerie, otherworldly, with their stalactite needles hovering above you. And their clear blue pools like portals. I always make notes after visiting cave systems because I find them so inspiring. I think it was Dunsany who wrote of "the lightless towers of Bel-Narāna."
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Anyone have any favourite caves?
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#caves #cuveasdeldrach #mallorca #spain
#balearicislands #stalactites
#stalagmites #underground #subterranean #dunsany #undergroundlake

🍃My favourite tree in the meadow. These colours

🍃My favourite tree in the meadow. These colours! Can all autumn days be like today?🍂
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#autumm #autumncolours #tree #fall #bluesky #fallingleaves #november #sidmouth #devon

Where are you all dreaming of going in 2021? I had

Where are you all dreaming of going in 2021? I had to cancel a trip to Rhodes with a couple of friends from uni. We only see each other once a year so I'm determined to make it work next June! As you might be able to guess, I'm feeling a touch of the winter blues today...
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#holiday #imisssummer
#sea #seaside #coast #devon #beer #holiday #2021 #travel

It's Samhain Eve which means it's time to tell you

It's Samhain Eve which means it's time to tell you all about this incredible journey I am embarking on with Becky Pepperdine!
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#Repost @pepperdinecreations
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So excited to announce my next project in collaboration with author @silvanhistorian

Over the next 6 months we'll be live streaming making the bone harp that forms a crucial part of upcoming novel Sistersong and sharing more about the story along the way.

Watch this space for details!

#harp #sistersong #novel #maker #creative #newproject #announcement #collab #makersgonnamake #craftstagram #craft #samhain #halloween #happysamhain #bookstagram #fantasy #historicalfantasy #pagan #celtic #instareads

Who among you has tried fishing or works in the in

Who among you has tried fishing or works in the industry? I admit it's not an activity I know anything about, and I suspect it's difficult to make a living, but I love seeing the fishing boats pulled up on shore. It's such an ancient occupation too, all over the world, this being able to read something as changeable as the sea and knowing where the best places are to fish.

I took this photo in Beer, which historically made its money through fishing and lace-making. But it's probably most famous for smuggling. The cliffs hide caves – perfect for storing contraband. This whole stretch of Devon coast has a long history of smugglers. You can visit the Beer caves, which are surprisingly extensive. I am rather fascinated by caves and have a fun post planned for you about one I saw in Mallorca...
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#beer #beervillage #fishing #devon #smuggling #caves #beercaves #fishingboats #beach #sea #seashore

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘪

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦,
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯...
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Slighting is the act of deliberately destroying a structure to strip it of value; typically it cannot then be used for its original purpose. Oliver Cromwell is famous for slighting Royalist castles during the English Civil War (1642-1651), depriving his enemies of valuable fortifications.
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The knock-on effects of slighting are interesting too. Corfe Castle was one of Cromwell's victims. But even gunpowder didn't manage to bring the castle down entirely – instead it's a romantic ruin that's inspired countless authors, poets, painters and photographers. And, at the time, much of the broken stone was taken by locals to Corfe Village where it gained new life as part of people's houses. In this way, the castle lives on.
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I need to get out to visit more of these silent, crumbled giants. I sense there are hundreds of stories lurking beneath them. Which are your favourite castles or ruins around the UK?
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#corfe #corfecastle #castles #ruins #romanticruins #poetry #longfellow #dorset #slighting #gunpowder #englishcivilwar #olivercromwell #england #overgrown #medieval #brokenstone

Found these excellent woolies. • 🐑 • #sheep

Found these excellent woolies.
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#sheep #sidmouth #devon #peakhill #countryside #hillside

Is there anything more quintessentially English th

Is there anything more quintessentially English than a beach hut on a cloudy coast? Apply a black and white filter and the passage of time becomes meaningless. 60s? 70s? 80s? Could be any decade.
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It was 11 degrees in Beer today. But that didn't stop people swimming...!
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#beer #eastdevon #devon #onthebeach #pebblebeach #shingle #beach #beachhuts #vintage #retro #english #blackandwhitephotography #cloudyday

Human invention looking very small here against th

Human invention looking very small here against the vastness of sky and sea. Views like this throw everything into glorious perspective.
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#coastline #sidmouth #devon #sea #seashore #coast #ocean #autumn #autumncolours #bigsky #perfectsky #perfectbluesky #boat #seaview #beautifulview #skyandsea #photography #nature

It's my favourite part of Autumn. The weather's no

It's my favourite part of Autumn. The weather's not yet biting, there's a blaze of green and red leaves on the trees, and yet a sense of things slowing is palpable. I live for woodsmoke mornings, crisp skies and warming spicy soups. (Time to get out the old Mexican bean and tomato recipe)!
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What's your favourite food this time of year?
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#autumm #autummrecipes
#soups #woodsmoke #fall #sidmouth #thebyes #devon #favouriteseason #iloveautumn

Silver on the water. These painted skies ❤
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#sea #seascape #ocean #nature #landscape #photography #beach #coast #coastline #bigsky #dramaticsky #water #sidmouth #devon #eastdevon #shiningwater #clouds

What are some of your favourite Autumn things? I l

What are some of your favourite Autumn things? I love walking in woodland collecting bright leaves, indulging comfort reads and films and throwing away old papers and things I've needlessly kept. As a lover of Summer, it's the part of Autumm that speaks to me most – this razing of the old to give life and space to the new. Or I'd end up feeling depressed about the coming winter cold.
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I cleared out three drawers this week and now they open and close smoothly - it's very satisfying. What are your October rituals?
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📷 Taken on Salcombe Hill
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#autumn #october #winteriscoming
#rituals #fall #woodland #eastdevon #devon #sidmouth #salcombehill #trees #woods #leaves #bookstagram #comfortreads

🍎APPLE HARVEST!🍏 February's rain followed by

🍎APPLE HARVEST!🍏
February's rain followed by months of sunshine have resulted in serious apple bounty this year. We've already gifted bags to the neighbours. Give me your best apple recipes! My favourite has to be a tarte tatin.
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#apples #appleharvest #appletree #applerecipes #harvest #applepie #tartetatin

Nature reclaims. • • • #corfecastle #castle

Nature reclaims.
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#corfecastle #castle #englishcastles #dorset #ancientruins #ruin #naturereclaims #beautifulruins #landscape #nature #photography #history #englishhistory #dramaticsky

Taken barely two weeks ago, you could hardly belie

Taken barely two weeks ago, you could hardly believe it's late September here. One of the mysterious homemade swings over the Sid River. Obviously I went on it.
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#river #sidmouth #eastdevon #devon #riverbank #swing #riverswing #latesummer #trees #greencanopy #water #reflections #peaceful #woods #woodland

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