When Fuerteventura was Erbanie… …there were trees and natural springs and rivers in the valleys. It’s hard to imagine today. So I have uploaded an extract from The Canarian, written by monk Pierre Bontier and priest Jean le Verrier, two members who journeyed with Juan Bethencourt on his conquest of the Canary Islands. Trees fullContinue reading “Discovering Fuerteventura 600 years ago”
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From Australia to the Canary Islands – I’m Halfway Around the World from Where I Want To Be.
I’m sitting at my desk all rugged up on a cold and sunny day. I’m a British-Australian living down under, and if you drove a spike through the centre of the earth from my place you would just about end up in the Canary Islands. Which is where I want to be. And can’t be.Continue reading “From Australia to the Canary Islands – I’m Halfway Around the World from Where I Want To Be.”
Blackthorn Book Tours: Death of a Young Lieutenant by B R Stateham
About Death of a Young Lieutenant Meet Captain Jake Reynolds – pilot, adventurer, art thief, spy. In the opening weeks of World War One, and as a member of the newly formed British Royal Flying Corps, Captain Jake Reynolds is shipped off to Belgium. Roped in by his squadron commander to prove the innocence ofContinue reading “Blackthorn Book Tours: Death of a Young Lieutenant by B R Stateham”
Isobel Blackthorn 