Pauline Wharton's Blog, page 2
December 23, 2017
Merry Christmas
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With blue skies and sunshine, Christmas in Portugal is nothing like this picture taken in our garden a few years ago, so this is pure nostalgia. My husband isn’t so keen on the memory though – when Father Christmas fell over and he bent over to pick him up, he lost his balance (no, he hadn’t been celebrating) and banged his head on the stones in the rockery. We spent the afternoon at the accident unit. The doctor wrote on his notes that he had injured himself whilst gardening. So take care during the festive season, and have a wonderful time!
October 8, 2017
Celebrate Portugal with a free download
Soon we’ll be returning to Portugal which I’m hoping will inspire me to write a new book about Rosie. To celebrate, I’m offering a free download of ‘Death at Brambles’ between Monday and Wednesday – just click http://kdp/amazon.co.uk/B06WWFMF79[image error]
Two heroes
I’ve been out of action recently thanks to a knee injury, and during my forced rest indoors I’ve been looking at the Wharton family history, as a change from the Phillipsons. Here my two uncles, Captain John Wharton, who the internet tells me was the most decorated merchant seaman in the second world war, and my Uncle Tom, who spent three and a half days on a life raft after his ship was sunk during a famous incident involving HMAS Yarra, which went down with most of her crew after being attacked by the Japanese.
September 18, 2017
Did you see this?
Countryfile yesterday had a piece on High Lickbarrow farm, one of the farms in ‘The Disappearing Yeoman.’ A friend went round and took this picture of Low Lickbarrow. The Chamley family owned Lickbarrow for at least two hundred years, but they left in the mid-nineteenth century when times in farming were hard, and settled in Canada. The cover of ‘The Disappearing Yeoman’ is the view from Lickbarrow.[image error]
September 3, 2017
And the winner is….
Fans of Brambles will be disappointed to find out Jed did NOT win the Victoria Sponge competition. His cousin’s husband won it instead. He was the only member of his family not to win a prize – even his small niece won a prize for the potato that looked most like a penguin. Unfortunately, I haven’t got a photograph, but with a bit of imagination, maybe this penguin looks a bit like a potato….[image error]
August 31, 2017
ELH Leicester
ELH's McKinley prize (2009), now published at only £4.95. For copies see https://t.co/D4b11E98PJ For data files see https://t.co/I5FHgpCp60 pic.twitter.com/cL6cG4WAai
— ELH Leicester (@ELHLeicester) August 30, 2017
August 17, 2017
August 6, 2017
Finally published!
It’s hard to believe, but ‘The Disappearing Yeoman’ is finally published, and is available on Amazon for £4.99! Click here.
August 3, 2017
Free summer reading
‘Death at Brambles’ and ‘Mind, Body and Rosie’ are both free to download from Amazon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fun reading for a summer weekend, especially if it’s wet, like here at Youlgeave!
