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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Join me on my travels in #SouthAfrica and in #Europe for a different way of seeing the world! Three memoir series set in four countries, and the first of each is just 99p/c amazon.com/dp/B095BQ9FXN amazon.com/dp/B0957DPKHW amazon.com/dp/B0D77WTCYP #memoir #welovememoirs

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Three memoir series about a life not so usual, and the first of each of them is just 99p/c Join me on my travels in #SouthAfrica and on Europe’s #waterways for a different way of seeing the world! www.amazon.com/dp/B095BQ9FXN www.amazon.com/dp/B0957DPKHW www.amazon.com/dp/B0D77WTCYP #welovememoirs

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My review of @rexburke.bsky.social ‘s latest excellent sci-fi novel, Wild Skies www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Living in a parallel dimension doesn’t have to be science fiction. Just join me on my barge and experience a different world on earth! #welovememoirs #boatlife #lifeisbetterbywater www.amazon.com/stores/Valer... #welovememoirs #boatlife

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Seen on FB this morning. It's definitely something to be very concerned about.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Three novels from three places in my life, #SouthAfrica #Belgium and #Dorset (England). All different but all written with affection for each. 😊 a.co/d/0fUCew9C a.co/d/03c648ON a.co/d/0h5E8Bzc FREE to read on #KindleUnlimited 😉

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Three novels from three places in my life, #SouthAfrica #Belgium and #Dorset (England). All different but all written with love. 😊 a.co/d/0fUCew9C a.co/d/03c648ON a.co/d/0h5E8Bzc FREE to read on #KindleUnlimited 😉

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Three memoir series about a life not so usual, and the first of each of them is just 99p/c Join me on my travels in #SouthAfrica and on Europe’s #waterways for a different way of seeing the world! amazon.com/The-African-... amazon.com/The-Living-A... www.amazon.com/Faring-on-Th... #welovememoirs

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Summer in France is festival time, especially on the 15th of August! rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2026/08/summ... #MondayBlogs #Blogging #France #FrenchLife

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Rural France is delightful. Well-kept shutters in a crumbling wall; cows relaxing in a canal side pasture; and beautiful scenery in the Marne valley.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Looking for a new book group that’s full of reviews and recommendations? If you love reading or writing memoirs, join us! facebook.com/groups/welovem… #welovememoirs #MemoirBooks #MemoirReaders #TrueStories

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Move onto a boat To live life afloat Away from it all But within easy call Join me from your chair And feel the clear air Of a canal in the breeze As you read at your ease All my boating travel books on #Kindle! Free on #KU #welovememoirs #bookstoread #memoir #travel amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D77WTCYP

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Huge thanks to @sallycronin.bsky.social for this: Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 - Share an Excerpt - Boost one of your books #Romantic #Comedy How to Breed Sheep, Geese and English Eccentrics by Valerie Poore smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/smo… #blogging #bookpromos

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My blog this week takes us to the Leopold canal in Belgium rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-le opold-canal-forgotten-treasure.html #Blogging #Travel #MondayBlogs #PlacesOfInterest #Belgium

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sometimes short stories are just what I need. Here's a collection by @sallycronin.bsky.social that's a delight to read, and this is my review: goodreads.com/review/show/... #BooksWorthReading #shortstories #fiction #reviews

Book cover of Flights of Fancy. The image is a butterfly on a background of forested hills and pastures.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Many thanks to @caasbrey.bsky.social @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social @werk.bsky.social @lisettebrodey.bsky.social and @sallycronin.bsky.social for the kind likes and reposts. They are so much appreciated. Here's a photo of our harbour that I took this morning.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Escape on a boat To live life afloat Away from it all But within easy call Join me from your chair And feel the clear air Of a canal in the breeze As you read at your ease All three books just $/€2.99 each on #KindleUK! Free on #KU #welovememoirs amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D77WTCYP

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Looking for holiday reads? Try these two reduced to $1.99/£1.49 for 10 more days! mybook.to/BeneathACopper Sky "this novel is a kind of love story to South Africa" mybook.to/BreedingEccent rics "a perfect blend of humor, heart, and the peculiar joy of rural English life" #BooksToRead

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Looking for summer books to relax with? Try these two reduced to $1.99/£1.49 for the next two weeks! mybook.to/BeneathACopp... "this novel is a kind of love story" mybook.to/BreedingEcce... "a perfect blend of humor, heart, and the peculiar joy of rural English life" #BooksToRead

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My blog this week, just in time for #TravelTuesday rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2026/06/dogs-d elft-and-dads-birthday.html #Delft #Netherlands #Blogging

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.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My blog takes you to lovely Middelburg in Zeeland. I hope you enjoy visiting it with me! rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2026/06/brain-… #blogging #travel #welovememoirs #MondayBlogs

The photo shows beautiful old sailing boats and barges moored up against a sunny quayside.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A day out in Zeeland’s capital, Middelburg 😊

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

To cruise a canal on big boats or small Is how many folk get away from it all But if that's not an option There's just one solution Join me from your chair and fare with me there All 3 books just 99p each on #KindleUK! Free on #KU #welovememoirs amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D77WTCYP

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Escape on a boat To live life afloat Away from it all But within easy call Join me from your chair And feel the clear air Of a canal in the breeze As you read at your ease All three books just 99p each on #KindleUK! Free on #KU #welovememoirs amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D77WTCYP

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I’m learning how to make videos 😊 First attempt and lots to learn but it was fun!

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Join me on my first ever cruise to France. It was a marvellous, magical journey that fulfilled a long held dream. And why the Shoe? Find out for just 99p from the UK Amazon store for the whole of June. Or $/€2.99 elsewhere! mybook.to/FaringToFrance #Kindle #welovememoirs #sale

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.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm very pleased to share that Kindle have selected my #memoir Faring to France on a Shoe for a special 99p deal for the whole of June. If you are a UK reader, and you like canal cruising, it might be one for you! Here’s the universal link: mybook.to/FaringtoFran... #lovecanals

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.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Very many thanks to the Barge Association (DBA) for reviewing my book this month. Now that was a truly lovely surprise! Even better, it’s just 99p/c this week! amazon.com/Boatyard-Views… #bookreviews #bookrecommendations #boatlife

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Here's a public holiday offer for you. Just 99c/p will give you a weekend's worth of boaty tales to capture your imagination of a life afloat. On #KindleCountdown for five days. If you enjoy travel and boat life, maybe these will be for you! #Sale #booksale #specialoffer mybook.to/BoatyardView...

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My blog introduces a unique visitor to our harbour rivergirlrotterdam.blogspot.com/2026/05/repl... #blogging #DutchHistory #Boatlife

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thanks so much to @jodiebeckford.bsky.social for this beautiful gift! It's going to be gracing my wall very soon. I love sunflowers and this is just perfect for me! #art #sunflowers #painting

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just 99p/c till tomorrow (or 20th in UK) A unique memoir about rebuilding both a life and a barge in a special Dutch community. “The author who can even make plumbing entertaining.” amazon.com/dp/B00II55G26 amazon.co.uk/dp/B00II55G26 #welovememoirs #boatlife #livingafloat #books

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A friend posted about seeing Split Enz in Australia recently and it got me checking my Finn brothers collection. There are two not in this phot as well. You might say I am a long-term fan. I’ve been buying their music in all their guises since the 80s 😄

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Immerse yourself in the glorious scents, sights and sounds of #SouthAfrica. Beneath a Copper Sky is a “a real page turner with a twist I didn’t see coming”, says one reviewer. Just 99p/c until the 20th on #KindleCountdown #BooksWorthReading #Histfic 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I’m always grateful that this is the view I see through the window as soon as I enter my living room. I feel very blessed. Who else has a nice view from their home?

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Just mentioning that my novel set in 1980s’ #SouthAfrica is currently on #KindleCountdown for 99c in the US for five days and will be 99p in the UK from tomorrow www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5SC1VRM www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B5SC1VRM #books #specialoffer #histfic

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I’ve been busy painting with @jodiebeckford.bsky.social these last few days. We have a result! Thank you, Jo!

The rear decks of an old Dutch barge, newly painted.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Delighted to finally have 100 ratings on my Skipper’s Child! It’s only taken a year or ten. 😂 Thank you so much to @zeamee1.bsky.social for giving it the important bump up! amazon.com/Skippers-Child… Still just 99c, just because I felt like leaving it that way. #histfic #adventure

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

One woman's quest to turn an empty hull into a home: Harbour Ways by Valerie Poore amazon.co.uk/dp/B00II55G26 #welovememoirs #BookMarkThis #Travel #BooksWorthReading

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

After several years of mechanical problems, unexpected setbacks and huge costs, we finally fared forth to France on our lovely little Dutch barge. But why the Shoe? Read on and find out by joining us on the first of many magical trips! amazon.co.uk/Faring-France-… #welovememoirs #Memoirs #Books

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’m now out of Africa, but Africa will always be in me. 🐆🐘🦒 These are my memories of 20 wonderful years between 1981 and 2001.☺️🇿🇦 amazon.com/dp/B095BQ9FXN #welovememoirs #travel #SouthAfrica

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

For one week, The Skipper's Child is just 99c/p. It's 1962 and the Cold War is at its height when Arie Kornet finds a Russian stowaway on board... "The Skipper’s Child is an engaging, at times heart-stopping story that I highly recommend!" Sue Bavey a.co/d/05zAmZGm

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My website has been updated. I'm so pleased with how it looks now. And it has links to my blog, my reviews of other books and my own books. Thank you @jodiebeckford.bsky.social valeriepoore.com

Cover image of a Dutch barge moored on a tree-lined canal.

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Enjoy #travelling and #boating with me! My books will introduce you to my special world of living aboard and cruising Europe’s canals. Come and join the adventure! Find them and all my other books here: amazon.com/stores/Valerie… #Travel #BooksWorthReading #welovememoirs

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

These #travel and #boating books will introduce you to my special world of living abroad and cruising Europe’s canals. Come and join the adventure! Find them and my other memoirs here: www.amazon.com/stores/Valer... #Travel #BooksWorthReading #welovememoirs

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Val Poore @vallypee.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

These #travel and #boating books will introduce you to my special world of living aboard and cruising Europe’s canals. Come and join the adventure! Find them and my other memoirs here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D77WTCYP #Travel #BooksWorthReading #welovememoirs

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