There were many letters written between Alfred and Rose but the letter he wrote to someone else would be the one he would regret ever writing. "We're engaged to be wed," said Alfred, putting the ring on Rose's finger before holding her at arm's length and dancing 'Ring a Ring a Rosy' round and round until they were both quite dizzy. "I'm going to tell the world," he said, running to the bridge over the river and jumping up onto the parapet he shouted at the top of his voice. "I'm engaged to be wed. I love Rosie Fitton." "Get down, you'll fall in the river," shouted Rose. "I don't care. I love...

A short story collection. Old Ebenezer The Gravedigger. Ebenezer had no family, he never married and having no family of his own he adopted the dead people in the cemetery and would spend many hours talking to them whilst performing his duties. Sonny's Swimming Lessons. Eight year old Sonny lives on the Molly Q motor canal boat, with his parents and older sister Maggie.Living on a canal boat, Sonny needs to learn to swim. The Sock. Left sock lost his friend and soul mate Right sock, will he find him again or will he end up in the bin. Dead Monks Shoes. The adventures of three kids growing up...

This map of mainland Britain that shows the huge extent of paddling possibilities on rivers, lochs, canals and coast - some 37,000km of paddling! Enthusiasts buy this map to plan and dream, whilst for the newcomer to the sport it answers that question "where can I go paddling? It is colour coded to clearly show the nature of these waterways. Southern England and Wales is on one side of the large B1 sheet - Scotland and the North of England on the reverse. The base is provided by a map of Britain at 1:625,000 (ten miles to the inch) that shows roads, towns, villages, rivers, streams...