
Oh Coo-eee Everybody! Are you there? I promised I’d be back in September and here I am. How are you? ? Have you had a lovely summer? Whilst I’ve been away from posting I have been working with the little houses, making scenes and generally carrying on…
As a little welcome to September, let’s have a cup of tea and one of these little macaron thingies. Come on over to the table and I’ll spill the beans…
Living on the Edge 187; The Lost World…
Probably the best way to find things is to be not looking for them in the first place. And so it was with Valerie and Vaughan. They had joined Ramblers Anonymous in early January and this was their first group excursion abroad. A little ahead of the small party of walkers they stopped to admire the view.
“Ideal place for the picnic this,” said Vaughan. He had an eye for such things as he was usually thinking about when the next meal was going to be…
“Vaughan! Vaughan!” called out Valerie suddenly excited “Look! There’s writing on the floor!”
She had stumbled, disturbed some fallen leaves and rusty somethings and uncovered a fancy looking inscription in the process. The rest of the troop caught up and scuffed around helping to reveal more of what lay hidden……. How exciting! Eagerly, Valerie unpacked the sandwiches wishing she had a celebratory bottle of fizzy pop to uncork.
“Ham or cheese Vaughan? Vaughan! Are you listening?” she asked, irritated. But it was too late; Vaughan had, as they say, left the building. He was on the phone to the BBC and was rootling in his knapsack for a cleaner chimney in preparation for his inevitable appearance on the evening news. All he could hear was the title music playing and the newscaster’s voice booming:
“Voyager Vaughan and the greatest discovery since Machu Picchu”…

