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Riding the High Road

Riding the High Road

Sheffield teenager Gethin seeks his sperm-donor father in NW Scotland, joining forces with biker-girl Jez on a road movie rites of passage adventure

2023

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Sheffield Author Relocates to Aberdeenshire Coast ~ Part 1

How I was inspired by writing about my new environment, and how the writing of it could, and did, save me…

May 3, 2024

Sheffield Author Relocates to Aberdeenshire Coast ~ Part 1

May 3, 2024

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About Me — Penny Frances

Sheffield author relocates to Aberdeenshire coast while launching debut novel

Apr 3, 2024

Reading from my novel at Sheffield’s Sounds About Right Sept 2023

Apr 3, 2024

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Foraging for Brambles in a Changing Season

As late summer slips into early autumn, with the equinox marking the turn where the nights start to outlast the daylight, this year it…

Sep 29

Shrivelled wild blackberries on the wayside

Sep 29

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In Praise of Lazy Gardening

Discovering the value of weeds by doing nothing…

Sep 10

Yellow flowers of ragwort weed growing against a low stone wall

Sep 10

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International Convention Of Costume Dolls Revived

July Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Toy”

Jul 31

International Convention Of Costume Dolls Revived

Jul 31

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The Joy of Female Popinjays…

On the train from Scotland to Manchester last weekend, I looked up from my book to admire two women sitting on a bench in the sun at…

Jun 25

Women dressed in bright colours on a sunny street

Jun 25

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Rose Tinted June

Finding solace in rose coloured wildflowers on the Aberdeenshire coast

Jun 6

Rose Tinted June

Jun 6

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Yellow is the colour of April ~and primroses are my favourites

With my birthday in late April, I’ve always thought it’s a good time to be born. The blossoms just coming out, the leaf buds are swelling…

Apr 21

Yellow is the colour of April ~and primroses are my favourites

Apr 21

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Climbing King Arthur’s Seat and Picking up on the Writer’s Life

A change is as good as…

Apr 8

Climbing King Arthur’s Seat and Picking up on the Writer’s Life

Apr 8

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Like the Frozen Ground by the Cold Blue Sea

Time holds its breath in January

Jan 16

Rocky shoreline with frosted vegetation and semi frozen rock pools

Jan 16

Penny Frances

Penny Frances

Book Author

Author of accessible literary fiction recently moved from Sheffield to Aberdeenshire. Landscape. Environment. Politics. Art. https://pennyfrances.wordpress.com/

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