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The most beautiful photo, ever

My heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful emails and messages voicing concerns about the recent bushfires, smoke and Joes health. By an amazing stroke of luck, Joe was overseas when the bushfires took hold, and there he was forced to stay. He complained so loudly I could hear him from the other side of the planet. []

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Bushfires, bags and bugs

When we moved to Australia, I knew it would often be hot but, I confess, droughts and bushfires scarcely crossed my mind. Then, last week, a catastrophic fire alert was issued, and it was terrifying. Every family was urged to plan for a possible evacuation. Pack your car with essentials: water, food, blankets, spare clothes []

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Official. The best, most loyal readers in the world.

Two Old Fools Down Under. It was a tricky one, this book. It took me two years to write and I laughed and cried as I worked. Then it was polished and scrubbed by Joe and my wonderful beta readers. At midnight, on December 1st, I held my breath because that’s when more than a […]

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December Caption Competition

Can you think of a caption for this picture and win a prize? Australia is heating up, and everybody is finding ways to cool off. This is Lola with her three feisty little friends, Benny, Sylvester and Gracie. Can you think of a suitable caption this month? The one that makes us laugh the most […]

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Oops, she did it again

Two Old Fools Down Under is available to pre-order on Amazon now. If pre-ordered, it will magically float onto your Kindle on December 1st 2019, launch day.

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Two Old Fools Down Under nearing completion…

It’s been nearly three years since the last Old Fools book was published, and a lot has happened. Now, I’m closing in on the last chapters of “Two Old Fools Down Under”, and as usual, they seem to be writing themselves. Things I had forgotten come flooding back and pour out as I type. There […]

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Uncle Archie’s Australian Adventures

If you’ve read Horizon Fever 1, you’ll know that my Uncle Archie was not just a famous explorer but also a bit of a rogue. In fact, as Joe was going through Archie’s old scrapbooks, he discovered that Archie was sentenced to three months hard labour by a judge in Innisfail, Queensland. It seems that […]

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Win the next Old Fools book

The whole Old Fools series has been updated and reformatted with chickens walking through the pages… However, there are not chickens, but sulphur-crested cockatoos in the coming book, Two Old Fools Down Under. For a bit of fun, we’ve set up a competition. To enter, guess how many cockatoo pictures appear in the new book […]

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Alice, one hundred years old

If you have read Two Old Fools in Spain Again, you may remember that the Salvation Army contacted us and introduced us to Alice. Well, I’m delighted to report that Alice is now 100 years young and enjoyed a surprise party to celebrate. Her eyesight is failing, but her mind is as sharp as a […]

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Don’t Do It Like This!

Ever dreamed of a new life in Spain? These three hilarious bestsellers might make you think again. This Kindle boxset is on pre-order at a massive discount. Grab it before 6th June 2018!  ***** “Probably the best book I’ve read this millennium!” ***** ***** “Packed with humour and feel-good factor.” ***** ***** “I laughed and […]

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