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Hello and happy Halloween! The nights are drawing in and everything is feeling decidedly autumnal after a glorious Indian summer here in the UK. Nowhere is more beautiful this time of year than the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, where we've just spent the week. It was our third visit and I'm sure it won't be our last. The first was back in 2012 and I immediately fell in love with the place. So much so that I decided to send Poppy and Scarlett on a riding holiday there for their third Riverdale adventure, Into the Storm. I left a copy of the book in the holiday cottage so visitors can read about Poppy's exploits at Oaklands Trekking Centre and how she falls in love with Beau, a hairy, bum
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