The Adventurous Four Series

[Daisy]

Hear hear. A lovely glimpse of the Four once more! Love the ending, - very Blyton like.

[burlingtonbertram]

Many thanks; good job someone reminded me about the Puffins though.

[John Pickup]

You can't have a good story without a couple of puffins.

Any volunteers that you know of John?

I've got two in mind, Daisy. You might know of them.

[Courtenay]

I was rather hoping that the Adventurous Four would find themselves in the outlying Scottish islands where Philip, Dinah, Jack and Lucy-Ann (and a certain pair of puffins) are setting out to rescue Bill from the villains. Oh yes, and Horace Tipperlong would have to get a look-in as well.

[Daisy]

You can't have a good story without a couple of puffins.

Any volunteers that you know of John?

I've got two in mind, Daisy. You might know of them.

I think I know who you mean!

[Rob Houghton]

I actually think everyone on here should have a puffin in their avatar...!

I have!

[John Pickup]

So have I.

[Chrissie777]

You can't have a good story without a couple of puffins.

So true !

[Anita Bensoussane]

Aren't the Adventurous Four books better-known for gulls... and shags?

[Spitfire]

*giggles*

I wondered about the puffins too, but figured it was an in-joke between other forumites!

[Courtenay]

Shags? Next you'll be telling me they also have boobies.

[Chrissie777]

*giggles*

I wondered about the puffins too, but figured it was an in-joke between other forumites!

Sarah, "The Sea of Adventure" has Huffin' & Puffin' as lovable animal characters and somebody mentioned that "The Adventurous Four" must have inspired "The Sea of Adventure" later on.
That's where I figure the in-joke comes from.

[Rob Houghton]

This is why I find the Mary Pollock books so interesting, as 'The Children of Kidillin' (1940) was written before either The Adventurous Four or The Sea Of Adventure and has a very similar (though scaled-down) plot and similar setting. I'm sure Kidillin was a sort of test story, as it is also set in the war, for The Adventurous Four

[Daisy]

*giggles*

I wondered about the puffins too, but figured it was an in-joke between other forumites!

Sarah, "The Sea of Adventure" has Huffin' & Puffin' as lovable animal characters and somebody mentioned that "The Adventurous Four" must have inspired "The Sea of Adventure" later on.
That's where I figure the in-joke comes from.

The puffins 'joke' started with watching real puffins on a web-cam some months ago now. They gradually took on a life of their own. Remember this? - http://burhou.livingislands.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Chrissie777]

Daisy, I think it was actually me who started it . I knew about the Burhou Island link.