Val Poore

@vallypee.bsky.social

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Memoir author & blogger from UK & South Africa. Historic barge owner, dog lover. Africa is in my blood, France in in my soul. I live in the Netherlands and love the waterways. Other stuff? #F1 #welovememoirs #LH44 No politics. No DMs, unless I know you.🇿🇦🇳🇱

Book cover of Flights of Fancy. The image is a butterfly on a background of forested hills and pastures.
An image of a city canal lined with trees and elegant Dutch town houses on a sunny day. There's a barge on the canal and a church tower at the end. The city is Delft in the Netherlands.
The photo shows beautiful old sailing boats and barges moored up against a sunny quayside.
Book cover showing a tree-lined canal with an insert of a photo with a pretty Dutch barge. The book cover is itasel set against a background of a rural French canal. There are quotes from reviews overlaid on the image too.
Photo of a canal with reflections in the water. The cover of the book, Faring to France on a Shoe is also shown, plus text advertising the special Kindle UK deal of 99p.
The rear decks of an old Dutch barge, newly painted.
Cover image of a Dutch barge moored on a tree-lined canal.
Three book covers depicting a Dutch barge set in various canal scenes. Sidesteps to the Somme also has a partially obscured image of a WW1 British soldier.