Beryl the Peril in which other famous characters from "The Dandy" – including Korky the Cat, Desperate Dan and Bananaman – also unfriend her father, much to his dismay. Beryl made her first appearance in the revamped "Dandy" comic in a Justin Beaver strip. She, alongside Minnie the Minx and Toots, appeared in the comic's title card chasing after Justin. She made yet another appearance in a "Harry and his Hippo" strip, drawn by Andy Fanton. In this strip, she is enjoying the "Dandy" swimming pool alongside other famous past "Dandy" characters. Pass the Peril returned to Facebook mid-2011, this time focusing on
Miles and Beryl Smeeton which is described in her 1930s books "The Stars My Blanket" and "Winter Shoes in Springtime", written under the name Beryl Miles. Charles R. Boxer, the distinguished historian and soldier, was one of her brothers. In 1938 Miles and Beryl married. In 1939, the two attempted to climb 25,263-foot Tirich Mir, in the Himalaya, with Tenzing Norgay. Although they failed, Beryl achieved renown as one of the first women to climb so high. After the war, the couple settled on a farm on Saltspring Island, BC, with their daughter, Clio. Beryl had bought the farm during the war; anticipation of