Hi everyone I'm very excited that my new ebook is now officially released on Amazon. I've put a book link to it below. We are running a FREE PROMOTION and LAUNCH COMPETITION, as shown in the poster below! Guess this means that I'd better start practising my sewing again! The other news from yesterday is that I went to watch M climbing, and managed to find a rope that ALMOST matched my ears! I like watching the belaying... ...and I like all the shiny metal gear they use... ...but I'm not so sure about following them up too many steep rock faces... Hmmm...maybe next time! Bye for now Love Odd xxx P.S. Watch out for my special blog post tomorrow for a wonderful author friend.
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Hi everyone! The Top of the Wardrobe Gang and I have been very busy since I got back from Wales, and have finally sent our latest ebook to Amazon for review. We hope it will be available to buy very soon! Ta dah!! What do you think? This is an Early Chapter Book, aimed at 5-8 yr kids. It is the first in our new "Odd Sock Adventures" series, and has 40+ colour photos from my recent Scottish trip in it. Oh, and, ermmm... it's all about me...(*blushes*) I'm hoping that some of you older cuddly toy lovers will enjoy the story too, but we've tried to make the words simple enough to be enjoyed by younger readers. I'm in every one of the pictures, so I'm hoping that children unable to read yet at this level will still be able to enjoy having it read to them - while searching for me in the photos! I'd also like to say a big thank you to my wonderful friends on Twitter. They have sent me these beautiful postcards from all around the world! Even from as far away as Australia! (Thank you Pete!) I love that this old Cadbury's advert postcard agrees so well with my thoughts on chocolate! The rest of the gang are getting a little bit jealous of me getting so much post, though, and are all starting to want to get their own Twitter accounts now! I also received this special postcard from my friend Mary, who looks after my twin, Violet. It looks like Violet has settled in very well done in London, and it seems that she has taken to wearing Mary's pearl necklace! Last weekend I had lots of fun watching the boats at M's old Sailing Club! I checked out the details of the racing, and the pretty flags used for it. I also checked out the boats, and even found a sail to match my ears! I managed not to fall in the lake and get wet, though. Wet stuffing isn't very good at floating, so this is as near to the water as I got! Well that's all for now. We will be having a free promotion to launch our new book, so will be announcing the details of that very soon. Bye for now Love Odd xxx Hi everyone, Odd Sock here again! Sorry I've not got round to writing my blog for AGES again! I'm putting the finishing touches to a little book about my big Scottish adventure, so I think I'll stop blogging about the rest of that trip now, or I'll never get back up to date! The photo above was taken last week at the start of my next adventure. I'm in Capel Curig in Wales, waiting to get the bus up to Pen y Pass. When M said she was going to be walking up Snowdon (the highest mountain in Wales), I asked if I could join her. She did warn me that this was going to involve a VERY LONG walk, but I was too excited about the idea of setting off on another adventure, and not really listening... The first sign of danger was this warning as we set off up to a jagged ridge called "Crib Coch". I didn't remember Scotland coming with warning signs! It didn't have very good views due to the low cloud up there, but I wasn't too sure I wanted to see all the way to the bottom of both steep sides from that ridge! We finally got to a concrete Trig point (used to mark some summits), and I munched on some chocolate. M then said this one wasn't Snowdon yet, though, and we'd got quite a bit further to walk to that one... So I eventually made it to this even bigger Trig point, which was the top of Snowdon! It was too slippery to sit up on though, so I needed a bit of help! Next I discovered a big cafe up there, and that I could have taken a steam train to the top! Oh well, apparently this sign says I'm nearer to Heaven! I wasn't allowed to take the train down, but at least I tried to make sure M picked a more sensible path... The clouds clear now, and this path looks better, until M insists we drop straight over the steep edge on the right. Where exactly are we heading, M? Apparently we will camp down in a place called Nant Peris tonight, which explains why M seemed to have packed a tent. At least there are a few interesting tree climbs to entertain me on the way down! Finally time for dinner. Perhaps I need to check with M about where we are going... Good job I packed plenty of choccie. Looks like this walk is going to last 3 days, and be a lot longer than I realised. We weren't setting off just to climb Snowdon, but to climb ALL 14 of the Welsh mountains over 3000ft high!! Apparently lots of people do this as a 24 hour challenge walk, but they have support vehicles and don't carry tents! On day 2 I got rudely awoken at 5am!! The next 2 days were forecast to be hot, and there was a long steep climb up to the top of our next mountain. M wanted us to be well on the way up that before the heat of the sun kicked in. This mountain is called Elidir Fawr, and the black heaps in the background here are "slag heaps" of unwanted rock from the old slate quarry near it's bottom. In Part 2 I'll tell you all about the 2nd very long section of this very long walk! I really do need to concentrate more on the details before setting off with M in future!! Bye for now, Love Odd xxx Hi everyone, Odd Sock here again! We woke up on the 2nd day of our Scottish trip to find it was grey and wet outside, so we just moved ourselves north to a campsite near the town of Fort William. M particularly wanted to walk out to a place called "Sourlies Bothy" from near there, and the forecast didn't look too bad for the next 2 days. A "Bothy" is a small building in the hills where you can take refuge. This one was supposed to be in a really beautiful setting. So the picture above was taken before we headed out to Sourlies Bothy! I'm making yummy bacon butties for breakfast! We had to take lots with us, including a tiny tent, as we didn't know what we'd find when we got there - i.e., a load of people, or a hole in the roof! We were heading off into Knoydart - one of the last great wildernesses in the UK. I made sure we packed the essentials, like lots of chocolate! This is me by Loch Arkaig. It took a long time to drive to the end of it, which was where we were to leave the car. The weather didn't look as sunny down the other end, either. The ten mile path to this bothy was pretty boggy, and it had a lot of up and down bits in it. There were lots of streams to cross. At the highest point in the path, we found this small loch. I was surprised to find this sandy beach by the loch! This was the view we finally saw down the other side. We are looking down at the sea loch which Sourlies Bothy lies next to. It didn't look a particularly great place to me at this point! Just a very grey place. Down level with the sea loch, but still no sign of the bothy... M realised I was flaggling, and let me stop for emergency chocolate. Ah ha! Finally we find the place!! Time for a lightweight bite to eat. (Don't start talking to M about lightweight, as she will not shut up. Her stove weighs 7g. This was the first time we tried it out, and she was weirdly proud of it!) And here's our tiny tent for tonight! (Seemed plenty big enough to me, but M's a bit bigger.) Mmmm...hot chocolate AND a bar of chocolate! Glad I packed some decent food! We had a roaring fire in the bothy that night! Oooo...this is comfy! Heehee...I wonder where M will be sleeping! We woke up to a great surprise the next morning...SUNSHINE!! The bothy and sea loch really did look beautiful now! I wandered down to see if this loch had any sand, but just found pebbles and seaweed. M soon had everything packed up and ready to go. I popped in to investigate the bothy a bit more, and climbed up to explore these cool fishing net hammocks! Soon we'd headed off up into the mountains again, with beautiful views down to the sea loch as we went. Thanks for reading my blog post. Bye again for now, Love Odd Sock xxx |
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AuthorsThe Top of the Wardrobe Gang: Oscar Rabbit, PD Monkey, Odd Sock, Burton Bear, Terry Tiger (TT), Burton Bear; helped by Melinda Kinsman Archives
October 2018
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