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Danuta Reah, Don Hale and Stephen Booth at a US library during their book tour THREE BRITISH AUTHORS AND A TROUBLESOME LIMO HIT THE ROAD IN THE AMERICAN MID-WEST DURING THEIR PROMOTIONAL BOOK TOUR This new introductory update is written by Don Hale, and the following report is reprinted by kind permission from Danuta Reah’s own blog:  www.danutareah.co.uk It is the nostalgic archive story of a memorable and amusing book promotion trip to America in June 2003, that I was fortunate to attend with best-selling authors Danuta Reah and Stephen Booth.   This was an exhaustive journey across numerous States, travelling across many confusing time-zones, flying in rickety planes in terrible turbulence, or driving for hours on end in a very confusing limousine, which always had a mind of its own, and yet thankfully never seemed to need much gas! Written originally by Danuta on her own blog, this week, I suddenly discovered a pack of old photographs from our tour, at which we gave endless repeate

The haunted look of tragic Unity Mitford Unity Mitford with Adolph Hitler at his home in Berlin This is the tragic tale of an eccentric aristocrat, and English party-girl, her love of Nazi Germany, Hitler in particular, and her eventual retreat after a failed suicide attempt, to Mitford Island, where she retained some incredible wartime memorabilia, complete with its associated dark memories. Exclusive archive story by Don Hale Unity's family home in Scotland on Inche Kenneth - better known to the locals as Mitford Island Within the walls of a cold bleak tower house marooned on the shores of a remote Scottish island, the crackling sounds of provocative Nazi speeches and deafeningly powerful boot stomping German military marches could still be heard playing on an old phonograph. As if completely frozen in time, a large pile of 1930’s LP’s, rare pre-war souvenirs and personal artefacts remain stacked in the lounge and throughout the home once owned by the eccentric and controversial

Carla Green hit top form during the International relay challenge   *Report by Don Hale. Photographs by Steve Jeffery and Tom Roberts. North Wales Road Runner Carla Green led the way for her Welsh club during an exciting International virtual relay challenge last weekend with the prestigious Spanish outfit,  Fondistes Penedes Running Club (FPRC), from Vilafranca, near Barcelona. Carla was part of a mixed team of athletes, who each flew the flag for Wales during a unique and combined event that included competition both with, and against, their Spanish counterparts. She played a starring individual role as a worthy member of the winning team, and was also the 1 st  Welsh runner to finish, in addition to being the 1 st  F45 cat winner, and the 3 rd  fastest female overall.  And to top all that, Carla also recorded the 2 nd   best female age performance percentage. Pictured (above) the first wave and (below) the second wave of NWRRC runners in the international relay challenge This unique