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  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    The Storybook Caravan, Chapter 11 (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The Storybook Caravan, Chapter 10 (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Hello lovely substack friends! How’s your week been? I feel like mine has only been filled with deadlines but looking back and writing this now, I realise I’ve actually squeezed some fun bits in here and there. Currently whilst writing, I have a hoard of giggling teenage girls upstairs as I’ve agreed to a sleepover so I might retract the ‘squeezed some fun bits in here and there’ statement depending on how the night goes!<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!

  3. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    The Storybook Caravan, Chapter 9 (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Hello substack friends, it’s been a busy week round here with getting kids back to school and everybody trying to get back into their different routines. I’ve been spending many blissful hours in my caravan, catching up with some illustration work and accidentally creating new projects along the way! Oops! It’s a juggle… but I love the juggle so I can’t complain in the slightest. I hope all of your September routines, whether it’s back to school or otherwise, is going well over your way with not

  4. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    The Storybook Caravan, Chapter 8 (opens the original)

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    Hello substack friends. How are you all now we’re marching on into September? I can happily report that I’m home from France and have nestled back into my caravan studio, ready to busy myself with lots of brilliant projects that I have going on. I always feel the most productive throughout the colder months as I like to cosy up and draw whilst it’s chilly outside. I’m looking forward to lighting my fire and turning some fairy lights on… which reminds me - I must get some fairy lights for my cara

  5. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    The Storybook Caravan, Chapter 7 (opens the original)

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    Hello friends, I am currently writing to you from France where it is lovely and sunny but is not too hot thank goodness. Anywhere in the 20s - yes please… into the 30s? No thank you, so it’s perfect! Plenty of wine, cheese and baguettes have been eaten so far this week so I shall be in need of rolling back onto the ferry in a few days time but not until I’ve filled my van up with french wine and tins of Mont Blanc to take back home though… this is an absolute must of any french trip. If you know

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