This is the very first story I wrote, way back in about 1974. I set it in the playgrounds of my childhood in Wakes. We were free in those days to wander at will, going out in the morning, returning for dinner at mid- day then off again for the afternoon to return in time for tea.
We were not chaperoned by adults but most of the time we played together in fairly large groups, boys and girls.
The lorry yard did have a gypsy caravan at the very back, set against the railway bank and it always fascinated me as a child.
The'Banks' was a large piece of waste ground that rose up in banks to form a railway siding where they shunted the engines.
I wrote this story for my son who was about six at the time, he might have been older, but he really enjoyed it. Much later,( he's grown up and married now with children of his own) he encouraged me to dig out the manuscript and have a go at publishing it. I spent a year waiting for replies to my emails and gave up deciding to self -publish. it's actually a lot more fun.
The story is about fairies and their need for green spaces in which to live. The heroine is Kate a girl with a huge imagination and her friend Jack,half elf, half dwarf who set off to summon the king of the seahorses to pull the caravan and all the marooned fairies to a place of safety.They encounter enemies in the form of witch Evilyn and strange friends who assist them in their quest.
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