Corfe Castle in Dorset, the inspiration for Enid Blyton’s Kirrin Castle. Photograph: Henk Meijer/Alamy
Corfe Castle in Dorset, the inspiration for Enid Blyton’s Kirrin Castle. Photograph: Henk Meijer/Alamy
From Boswell and Johnson bickering in Scotland to the coast that inspired Enid Blyton’s Famous Five
PeterFiennes
Mon 14 Jun 2021 02.00 EDT
Enid Blyton, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
Enid Blyton took her holidays on the Isle of Purbeck (not in fact an island, but a chunky peninsula, with cliff-top walks, moors, hidden coves, a steam train, ruined castle and a lingering air of adventure
). She came up with the idea for The Famous Five when staying at the Ship Inn in Swanage in 1942, so that’s as good a place as any to set off for a bracing walk in the company of the hyperactive Enid.
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