Happy Birthday Francis

[Julie2owlsdene]

Happy Birthday, Francis, hope you have a lovely Blyton birthday.

[floragord]

Happy birthday, Francis! Hope you have a special one, and enjoyed the feast.

[Poppy]

Happy Birthday, Francis!! Hope you have a great day.

[Chrissie777]

Happy Birthday from the three of us, Francis !
You'll have to tell us later what you've received for gifts, please.

[Lucky Star]

Happy Birthday Francis. I hope it's a wonderful and Blyton filled day.

[sixret]

Happy Birthday, Francis. Hope you have a lovely day and receive a lot of books!

[Francis]

Thanks to everyone for their best wishes - everyone (and the dog!) has left now - quite a few with pieces
of cake etc. The mighty feast has been denuded although we have enough to last a few days and a week's
worth of cake to consume. Luckily the forecast rain seemed to avoid Guildford and I managed to take Monty (the dog) out several times to walk off the affects of all the food. Most of the presents were gifts of money (everyone knows how I like haunting the second hand bookshops but I received a lovely copy of 'The Secret Mountain' which I will read for the first time. I do love the stories with mountains (and sea, islands and castles) featured. I also got a few puffin related items - again everyone knows how I love them so much. I will drink the health of 'Huffin' and 'Puffin' over the next few days.

[John Pickup]

Best wishes on your birthday, Francis. Glad you've had a super day.

[Francis]

Thank you John - much appreciated.

[Anita Bensoussane]

I received a lovely copy of 'The Secret Mountain' which I will read for the first time. I do love the stories with mountains (and sea, islands and castles) featured.

Ooh - you're in for a treat, Francis! The Secret Mountain has long been a favourite of mine. I'm currently writing a Journal article on it and I'm enjoying the delicious darkness of the story.

The puffin-related items sound great too!

[Katharine]

Oops - almost forgot to post!

Happy Birthday Francis, hope you have fun spending all your birthday money and finishing up the cake.

[Francis]

Thank you Anita and Katharine - I will spend my money on Enid Blyton books! Anita, you wet
my appetite even more for reading 'The Secret Mountain' - I totally respect your judgement.

[Chrissie777]

...Luckily the forecast rain seemed to avoid Guildford and I managed to take Monty (the dog) out several times to walk off the affects of all the food.

Francis, do you have a dog now?

[Courtenay]

Happy Belated Birthday, Francis! Glad you had a great day. Lime drizzle cake sounds divine!!

[Francis]

Chrissie wrote

Francis, do you have a dog now?

It's our daughter's dog - we sometimes stay in Hastings to do some dog-walking but 'Monty' came
up with the family.

Courtenay wrote

Lime drizzle cake sounds divine!!

Thanks a lot - it is divine!