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Below the lighthouse, beneath the waves, a fortune in Spanish gold is waiting to be discovered. The captain and all his crew were drowned when the Sylvia was wrecked, and the treasure still lies on the seabed in the ship's chest. The once proud ship is now the haunt of Olly the octopus, Eammon the electric eel and two fabulous mermaids, but Jane Winters, a descendent of the Sylvia's captain plans to visit the wreck in the hope of recovering the gold. In the country the local council intends to sell land to create a noisy, unsightly wind farm. The villagers join forces, pulling together to save their wildlife and prevent their village being ruined for ever.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	26 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780722350034
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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At the Seaside and Out in the Country
Elaine Rogers

Published in 2020 by
Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd
Torrs Park, Ilfracombe
Devon, EX34 8BA
www.ahstockwell.co.uk
Digital edition converted and distributed by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
Copyright © 2020 Elaine Rogers
The right of Elaine Rogers to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

At the Seaside
Proof that dreams can come true – and not all stories are just stories.
Characters at the Seaside
Mr Roy Taylor The Lighthouse Keeper
Miss Jane Winters The Artist and Sand Picture Sculptor
Errol and Edna The Seagulls
Tommy The Turtle
Clara The Crab
Sally The Starfish
Fred and Ginger The Goldfish
Steven and Selina The Seals
Joseph The Jellyfish
Olly The Octopus
Dylan The Dolphin
Eammon The Electric Eel
Cherry and Elaine The Mermaids

Chapter One
There are lots of stories of old that tell tales of shipwrecks under the sea and of sunken pirate treasure just waiting to be found and claimed by anyone brave enough to dive down deep and bring it up to the surface.
Many of the shipwrecks sank to the bottom of the sea with treasures still aboard; some had no survivors.
The wrecked ships lie there amongst the fishes, electric eels, sea anemones and jellyfish until they are located and their hidden treasures are shown to the public or put to good use by the finders of the treasure.
High on the cliff stood a lighthouse which shone its bright beam of light, especially at night, to guide all the fishing boats, ocean liners and other ships safely through the sea away from the rocks to save them becoming wrecked too.
The lighthouse keeper was called Mr Roy Taylor. He was thirty-five years old. He lived a lonely life – only the sea creatures kept him company. He would often go along the quayside to talk to the fishermen and usually went to the local pub, the Quayside Inn, most nights for a last drink before going to bed.
He liked the summer months best, when the weather was warm from the sun and families came to the beach to play and splash and swim about in the sea.
Opposite the lighthouse stood the pier, which contained little shops selling souvenirs; there were the usual seafood and ice-cream stalls and rifle shooting and darts games with prizes for the winners.
The council had wanted to put the games and other things from the pier along the seafront, but the locals fought against the idea and won, so everything stayed on the pier and they had put flower beds and benches along the front instead.
The beach was a lovely sandy one with hardly any pebbles, but there were lots of shells and rock pools on the far side. Many little creatures lived in the rock pools, including a crab, a turtle and a starfish. They were all good friends. The starfish was called Sally, the crab Clara and the turtle Tommy.
The end of the pier was used by people using fishing lines to catch fish for themselves, whereas the local fishermen went out to sea to catch fish to sell to make a living. It was a busy little port with quite a few fishing boats. The fishermen risked their lives at sea; it could be a very dangerous job.
We only buy and eat fish from a supermarket. We don’t give much thought to the hard job of catching the fish the fishermen have to do. Many of them sell the fish they have caught that day on the quayside after they have come back to shore.
The local fish-and-chip shop bought their fish from the fishermen and sold fresh fish every day – plaice, cod, haddock and hake. These fish were found far out at sea, which made the job dangerous.
The fishermen were told tales when they were younger by their fathers and grandfathers about the mermaids that swam in the sea near the lighthouse. No one had yet admitted to seeing them in case people thought they had seen things that were not there and thought they were mad.
The lighthouse keeper, Roy, although living alone, had two goldfish as his pets called Fred and Ginger. They lived in a bowl in his kitchen. The living quarters were up a spiral staircase. On the first level was the kitchen/dining room and a small living room; on the second level were two bedrooms and the bathroom; the steps up to the third level led to the machinery that kept the beam of light shining out to sea.
It could be a lonely life, but Roy loved to read his books, listen to the radio, watch TV and look at the creatures that lived around him through his binoculars and telescope. He also loved to cook his own meals. His mother and grandmother had taught him to cook when he was younger. He often bought fresh fish from the fishermen to cook in many different ways – to roast, pan-fry or grill – or sometimes he would treat himself to fish and chips from the quayside shop. Their batter on the fish was much lighter and tastier than he could make himself.
The nights were still light till ten o’clock. Roy walked to the Quayside Inn for his usual pint of Guinness. He chatted to the pub owner then walked home to his bed.

Chapter Two
Morning came and Roy woke to a tap on his window. He yawned and stretched himself. When he opened his eyes he wasn’t surprised to see two seagulls outside on the ledge. He had named the male gull Errol and the female one Edna. They came every morning for the breakfast that Roy would feed them since the day he had found the two gulls on the beach with a fisherman’s hook in the female’s tail. He had taken the hook out and cared for the bird until she was well again. Her mate had stayed near the lighthouse to watch over her.

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