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Yellow Bird ~ Roger Whittaker

A posh young chap from Tolpuddle Got himself into a terrible muddle Whilst learning to drive

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose ~ Little Jimmy Dickens Used to love singing this when I was young

Mwaahahaha... you'll never escape! There once was a sailor named Barnie Whose mother was called Edith Garny He purchased a boat And along with a goat He demolished a pile of spam sarnies. A posh young chap from Tolpuddle

Chip and Chuck were an adventurous pair Chuck's hair was green, while Chip had no hair... When the two ventured forth

One Tree Hill ~ U2

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell is set on Corfu Island and feels like a wonderful holiday in the sun. Another favourite of mine is A Room With a View by E.M. Forster set mostly in Florence.

Young Horace put beans up his nose Not as bad as Boris, heaven knows But once they were there As they ascended the stair He feared they would all decompose. Chip and Chuck were an adventurous pair

My grandfather used to put empty halved orange or grapefuit peels face down round his tender plants. Slugs and snails love them and congregate underneath. As long as you don't mind disposing of them. I had trouble with snails or slugs eating my new dahlia shoots and had success sprinkling a circle of sawdust round them. I've also heard of using coffee grounds and broken eggshells.

It could be slugs or snails, Hayley.

Over the Hills and Far Away ~ Led Zeppelin

Long May You Run ~ Neil Young

Young Horace put beans up his nose Not as bad as Boris, heaven knows But once they were there

I loved the Cazalet Chronicles too, Marie. I've read them all at least twice and watched the TV series a couple of times. I've just read Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson and enjoyed it immensely. I've ordered Miss Buncle Married from the library and while I'm waiting, I'm reading Mrs Tim Gets a Job See there's another in the series I haven't read, Mrs Tim Flies Home. They're real feel good books, the characters are believable and I love her humour.

I enjoyed this book too, Willoyd. I've also read Elizabeth and Her German Garden which I found interesting because she mentions old-fashioned roses. I didn't realise she was a cousin of Katherine Mansfield. I like the sound of Lolly Willowes too.