tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49367594599145047632024-03-19T10:33:49.774+00:00Life of PotteringCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.comBlogger818125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-35508645448950989662024-03-18T08:23:00.000+00:002024-03-18T08:23:26.692+00:00My Decluttering Journey :: The Top Kitchen CupboardsHi there everyone 😀<br /><br />After a week of blue skies and sunshine we came home from the lodge to a Sunday of cold and rain. <br /><br />Somehow we were very organised … with all the unpacking having been done on Saturday afternoon after we’d got home … and we found ourselves at a bit of a loose end on Sunday. <br /><br />It was the perfect opportunity to make a start on my goal of decluttering the whole of the house before I hit my 60th birthday in November. <br /><br />I decided we’d start small and hit the upper cupboards in the kitchen, which were overdue a tidy and wipe out anyway. Now I’m not sure how interesting my kitchen cupboards will be to anyone else but I kind of think that documenting my decluttering might help keep me on track and give me more of a chance of achieving this goal. <br /><br />We (Yes … poor old Martin got roped in too) started off with the open shelving next to the fridge, which had become a bit of a dumping ground for a variety of random bits and pieces …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3DKUeXjlhcNHQypi5T9setkLV9m9l_sKyr6mDBMXhuxI6pg-kuTkpNV6wN8pDg-cdTifmePJkgJT38zGoj6NSi5i1QwStcNVPz_XI3lDLz75EOrkSmIaR3z_OPqoSPMSHJkrFGA9WPNR5nWQFYBoqq3RmvlHx8M9h0wzz1VY4fQ-9UNGxDkV9oAvVGA/s3975/IMG_7956.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3975" data-original-width="2074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3DKUeXjlhcNHQypi5T9setkLV9m9l_sKyr6mDBMXhuxI6pg-kuTkpNV6wN8pDg-cdTifmePJkgJT38zGoj6NSi5i1QwStcNVPz_XI3lDLz75EOrkSmIaR3z_OPqoSPMSHJkrFGA9WPNR5nWQFYBoqq3RmvlHx8M9h0wzz1VY4fQ-9UNGxDkV9oAvVGA/w334-h640/IMG_7956.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div>After a sort through the tins I ended up transferring some leftover walnuts and a bag of very out of date sunflower seeds to the bird food supplies … I also had a good sort through and pack away of the medication …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQVLnLYIy0lHGyIBzgShc52mRUXnkadss5fChaRJB4cbO2C31pOV5z67LK1TgQgRTK0j13qmo9D7EVC8Uj7kwf7Js8KNfD3rF1tqcNtYiWghYyWYdWNk_kXsQwY9QN38TVLRmn4f79nEiYAVTRg_ikgFvGWZw2HfDAgmvAPB6idrxQtFdbofNnhIb-DM/s4032/IMG_7957.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQVLnLYIy0lHGyIBzgShc52mRUXnkadss5fChaRJB4cbO2C31pOV5z67LK1TgQgRTK0j13qmo9D7EVC8Uj7kwf7Js8KNfD3rF1tqcNtYiWghYyWYdWNk_kXsQwY9QN38TVLRmn4f79nEiYAVTRg_ikgFvGWZw2HfDAgmvAPB6idrxQtFdbofNnhIb-DM/w480-h640/IMG_7957.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and put the pasta and the savoury biscuits in the food cupboard where they really belong. It is now looking back to how it should …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmHGlKxy29JY-H7CaSSCcRbjQa9KNMjVguOKP87AOksYfp68C4QhK5w_-n1SdnrpLGkippmKaKbjVS2VLXpvZjA3a8rNrOZFnJrSOwUysgUSuhA1YnAEhVpcNFYHzwPMPmVwR57FEe772LoKcFBstGE9tyVCypQUr8yU3ngZJG0Zw6QWsjGQYqN-Z-mg/s3632/IMG_7975.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3632" data-original-width="1912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmHGlKxy29JY-H7CaSSCcRbjQa9KNMjVguOKP87AOksYfp68C4QhK5w_-n1SdnrpLGkippmKaKbjVS2VLXpvZjA3a8rNrOZFnJrSOwUysgUSuhA1YnAEhVpcNFYHzwPMPmVwR57FEe772LoKcFBstGE9tyVCypQUr8yU3ngZJG0Zw6QWsjGQYqN-Z-mg/w336-h640/IMG_7975.jpeg" width="336" /></a></div>Next it was one of those corner cupboards, where it is a pain in the jacksie if you want anything from the back. Other than taking everything out, giving the cupboard a good wipe out and getting rid of this small glass dish … </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWOiTluZOhqwAXnTI_VXkNJ3bCBtW_86vK7LiT4CEZxSXOjoqPFmiklyW1xRy5UUbjbgOq_4CXbQxTDzh1fN_F1HfzkAABmlYf4heosKzCdd-W_5gsvRbMzhecUPFQbXcl8qTot-dTJ7Xtsg1shwz3cf9lC21CVnCUWK6WgKG3E9je7ZAmVx2uEok66Y/s3010/IMG_7959.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWOiTluZOhqwAXnTI_VXkNJ3bCBtW_86vK7LiT4CEZxSXOjoqPFmiklyW1xRy5UUbjbgOq_4CXbQxTDzh1fN_F1HfzkAABmlYf4heosKzCdd-W_5gsvRbMzhecUPFQbXcl8qTot-dTJ7Xtsg1shwz3cf9lC21CVnCUWK6WgKG3E9je7ZAmVx2uEok66Y/w586-h640/IMG_7959.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><div>… everything went back in as it was …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRxyT-_bYnCc92PLLiOg9ujCORrzGTCvuOwL6LMUZkoF5ULPRFyNeiuZ9YehaI11ulp4JtIZ4lf969G2exmcaqtao44cVcf03k8kfp3rXO4UXbkGAMjXhUnsZa8uT8vpmiowecJE2DxtkrnjhARuj-3oo0I4q7jqQZGlMmCkVOTJgktxsJ86OtjdIEeE/s3409/IMG_7958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3409" data-original-width="1575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRxyT-_bYnCc92PLLiOg9ujCORrzGTCvuOwL6LMUZkoF5ULPRFyNeiuZ9YehaI11ulp4JtIZ4lf969G2exmcaqtao44cVcf03k8kfp3rXO4UXbkGAMjXhUnsZa8uT8vpmiowecJE2DxtkrnjhARuj-3oo0I4q7jqQZGlMmCkVOTJgktxsJ86OtjdIEeE/w296-h640/IMG_7958.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div>Then it was the cupboard to the left of the cooker …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabE3A1BmYxVgbRcl6LkxmCKf1kZtCy9rC9Yi-D32OQ7qUg0cRnTyIfVvSdEyCEoo4iuwrz6kuh9t9xjgZ7i6VWVRq_cADt1re9GH5hZV8DOa8lnEmz0uOXicTHhkEhY8Cyg_vT4kTC9dQMP2nh32JJEnUrac2-8sDFP5zMsG5BDjrrtaUraI5ZP3giVA/s4032/IMG_7960.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabE3A1BmYxVgbRcl6LkxmCKf1kZtCy9rC9Yi-D32OQ7qUg0cRnTyIfVvSdEyCEoo4iuwrz6kuh9t9xjgZ7i6VWVRq_cADt1re9GH5hZV8DOa8lnEmz0uOXicTHhkEhY8Cyg_vT4kTC9dQMP2nh32JJEnUrac2-8sDFP5zMsG5BDjrrtaUraI5ZP3giVA/w480-h640/IMG_7960.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Again … it was emptied out, given a good wipe, all the plastic tubs matched up with lids and pretty much everything went back in …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzMKRyQ4n7XwWWRz6Lxch11FZT1lJxAyJjvZZW7G67m06XAGEDn-TlGEwxHM3uTIGa-2cIGCmgMD5D5cqXOiNJR5n4O7IKTjFfKg7ZIhW4QELodO5mc91hwU9h_DevFvShSFJpCNk8Vpqt7aWPB3pwk6aH7DseKUzG9pW5fFeXHhQsGHbATt_D9tQoKs/s4032/IMG_7961.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzMKRyQ4n7XwWWRz6Lxch11FZT1lJxAyJjvZZW7G67m06XAGEDn-TlGEwxHM3uTIGa-2cIGCmgMD5D5cqXOiNJR5n4O7IKTjFfKg7ZIhW4QELodO5mc91hwU9h_DevFvShSFJpCNk8Vpqt7aWPB3pwk6aH7DseKUzG9pW5fFeXHhQsGHbATt_D9tQoKs/w480-h640/IMG_7961.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The only casualties were the dribs and drabs of two vinegar bottles, which either out of date or looking a bit ropey …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3D62QRrBafsHqPJS5B2P8CkIJCM8OwrkoI8BvcRlZMgqcuNv65XNEllJ3srbgKhnjeQ7GQnK1IpUaS_k21ty0BD8rcXaRBGAob9UZs3C8NLO0CKUxtOIlzjFIQQUVExaIwGbJB9Iuwb4fYvH9YNHUVLQop1b_zmqyRFXZkV3nDI2NSjazkMnzBmYbYw/s4032/IMG_7963.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3D62QRrBafsHqPJS5B2P8CkIJCM8OwrkoI8BvcRlZMgqcuNv65XNEllJ3srbgKhnjeQ7GQnK1IpUaS_k21ty0BD8rcXaRBGAob9UZs3C8NLO0CKUxtOIlzjFIQQUVExaIwGbJB9Iuwb4fYvH9YNHUVLQop1b_zmqyRFXZkV3nDI2NSjazkMnzBmYbYw/w480-h640/IMG_7963.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>This is just a handy tip you may find useful … we bought one of these cafe order strips from Amazon and we keep our shopping list, freezer inventory and weekly meal planner here … it is so handy …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1KUFBpIl5bPh0KOTPSnu1p3BGCz6QwyIroJrFBNUl2K4hLUUX8ym1zE4xTmxcZT5M0a0CSToI0pEB8EE4HMAjCPVEpZ1m1XAE60b0nBkuxOLAylhEuxSmwjbntfeLgnbQE1Y0Shvphl4ab1Bm27zwtdl5JY-9MPdLRyqz3quScgMu_7uvGY7tANlxZY/s2948/IMG_7962.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="2300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1KUFBpIl5bPh0KOTPSnu1p3BGCz6QwyIroJrFBNUl2K4hLUUX8ym1zE4xTmxcZT5M0a0CSToI0pEB8EE4HMAjCPVEpZ1m1XAE60b0nBkuxOLAylhEuxSmwjbntfeLgnbQE1Y0Shvphl4ab1Bm27zwtdl5JY-9MPdLRyqz3quScgMu_7uvGY7tANlxZY/w500-h640/IMG_7962.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><div>The cupboard over the top of the hob was next and didn’t take much sorting …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqApesNSkcYbMVkC9iIJiAukxYcYXgg_kH3HwSUhHDF-miyWgfC33ASwPIdcFgQIp-36eA7v4EQJENc1Ph5JLi4gRbOaP_QdozROaWJiRI7eNDfafglIhd-RNSRJ-SPFW9sIbeOMB5sWDdHRea1w7MVjBovbMjovRtqyzU-6KexNnbxmRp5lImjXgHBEA/s3982/IMG_7965.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3982" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqApesNSkcYbMVkC9iIJiAukxYcYXgg_kH3HwSUhHDF-miyWgfC33ASwPIdcFgQIp-36eA7v4EQJENc1Ph5JLi4gRbOaP_QdozROaWJiRI7eNDfafglIhd-RNSRJ-SPFW9sIbeOMB5sWDdHRea1w7MVjBovbMjovRtqyzU-6KexNnbxmRp5lImjXgHBEA/w640-h296/IMG_7965.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>… I just discarded a number of lids to takeaway cartons as we seemed to have a lot more lids than containers … we find these really useful, especially for freezing batch cooking, and more environmentally friendly than using lots of plastic bags …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIokfQo6c3qP70w-DPrpUKbOFqRm6A5L3wt9QIJZeSuiC0otw5NgTNcybLHepqcVXGE3z2CnR97GQHY7iDH_mEhKzHB3ptt6yq14cBjW89q32L7IzgQ5YSfqCTA6qCiKwSKEFA5_vqAAaRgDE4HQwEvTzB7XBjNjBzydT2tlYykwfp_SnthQFDU3O_3s/s4032/IMG_7964.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIokfQo6c3qP70w-DPrpUKbOFqRm6A5L3wt9QIJZeSuiC0otw5NgTNcybLHepqcVXGE3z2CnR97GQHY7iDH_mEhKzHB3ptt6yq14cBjW89q32L7IzgQ5YSfqCTA6qCiKwSKEFA5_vqAAaRgDE4HQwEvTzB7XBjNjBzydT2tlYykwfp_SnthQFDU3O_3s/w480-h640/IMG_7964.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>On the right hand side of the cooker there was nothing to be got rid of …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJmJV4BE4HrtBEN4wZe6tvAosTXRy3wQtbG4gTSVMHY2fDjrftF7Oij5JL-Vv9MCDucdkdoajSf4F8aMX4EYVt6_GZmHXGXWhdnzAyOGVXAkmWJgQz5rBzL6Leu4t-nFqskwrcMHl36J46hKipNYMpanwSHcxMg23vKNwGOGX7B2BCXqiUj-GA56GL9U/s4032/IMG_7966.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJmJV4BE4HrtBEN4wZe6tvAosTXRy3wQtbG4gTSVMHY2fDjrftF7Oij5JL-Vv9MCDucdkdoajSf4F8aMX4EYVt6_GZmHXGXWhdnzAyOGVXAkmWJgQz5rBzL6Leu4t-nFqskwrcMHl36J46hKipNYMpanwSHcxMg23vKNwGOGX7B2BCXqiUj-GA56GL9U/w480-h640/IMG_7966.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Then we were at the other corner unit …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xeivIo6RUe35rnc32O2qm99Ku5YU7KIOn1Y3SqXeFHJwS2CrbmG6R0Q7D1QdNr_YkAs9aKU-H6DIqqB9mwgHve07rLFZBfLX3PJaIhgt3fmknfC_CP3TP8Nt0ZmjsMuHfJrKU33pRfm0KhZK10GdwY8pWi0mzomVI3Y8LkVP50AHZe2nGgRrNE0ASzU/s4032/IMG_7967.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xeivIo6RUe35rnc32O2qm99Ku5YU7KIOn1Y3SqXeFHJwS2CrbmG6R0Q7D1QdNr_YkAs9aKU-H6DIqqB9mwgHve07rLFZBfLX3PJaIhgt3fmknfC_CP3TP8Nt0ZmjsMuHfJrKU33pRfm0KhZK10GdwY8pWi0mzomVI3Y8LkVP50AHZe2nGgRrNE0ASzU/w480-h640/IMG_7967.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… where I decided I could let a few bits and pieces go … how many corn plasters do two people who do not have corns need anyway? </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There’s not a lot there but we really like it. It’s just a tiny harbour area and beach … backed by the mountains … with fabulous views over to Anglesey. It always really feels really tranquil and mindful. <br /><br />It’s usually nice and quiet and this time was no exception. We parked up by the harbour wall and headed up towards the beach …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LXNetn1K_-IVhIsEZgoZMVCrkLneXZHU_DBEW8RyIBLkwOckkyenU_AW_O975lDTGVkNW_Gp458pOJx_611jBaaoGAaKrDnsLnscgdtRxM6mxJVHyxRnmoK8imdk4KChtuQECE53IWAC_nho9eyulxW8roxj_hELizx7X78y-vqStGn_loRf8njZzVQ/s4032/IMG_7766.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LXNetn1K_-IVhIsEZgoZMVCrkLneXZHU_DBEW8RyIBLkwOckkyenU_AW_O975lDTGVkNW_Gp458pOJx_611jBaaoGAaKrDnsLnscgdtRxM6mxJVHyxRnmoK8imdk4KChtuQECE53IWAC_nho9eyulxW8roxj_hELizx7X78y-vqStGn_loRf8njZzVQ/w640-h480/IMG_7766.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>We went left first … following the footpath alongside the beach … spotting some llamas … which we’d never noticed before …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I was on the hunt for good views of mountains with snow on the top … with a blue sky background. Well it took a while but I was very happy with what I ended up with …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y9MYknCQclq4x2o0dkC-fLVKeL-r6DNHMKXU4Qoaw9L_2oVFZ2CI3XwGlFbCwjV0MLcQUgzVZT6FofoKz1MpBDMPLgrfpG3DXTrlTm_Z2XcTOaXHL1UhsOu7oVHzqVb1MFQ4J0PeqyhGKBoiWXD_Lgw9mZZG4TD_W_vsg3thQNvbuOP-UTmNxB6bPmE/s4032/IMG_7797.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y9MYknCQclq4x2o0dkC-fLVKeL-r6DNHMKXU4Qoaw9L_2oVFZ2CI3XwGlFbCwjV0MLcQUgzVZT6FofoKz1MpBDMPLgrfpG3DXTrlTm_Z2XcTOaXHL1UhsOu7oVHzqVb1MFQ4J0PeqyhGKBoiWXD_Lgw9mZZG4TD_W_vsg3thQNvbuOP-UTmNxB6bPmE/w640-h480/IMG_7797.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcG998e1rkqyonG4Hi5BmOOJlrK-iJpeYb0Dgpx057L4s0aee-ahyphenhyphenXpd9OVj3L_RUrqsWSFSpoT5i16zPypCmL9uXS3Vm2_2dBjlwNDb7evfbZ8BG-c70BC3-4-vX-pos7JGOokwLbHpkUy4TMSXdpmbMfhl-qMaxf_Hknfr5ZrdYtEOH-1Pex-Y39eI/s4032/IMG_7798.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcG998e1rkqyonG4Hi5BmOOJlrK-iJpeYb0Dgpx057L4s0aee-ahyphenhyphenXpd9OVj3L_RUrqsWSFSpoT5i16zPypCmL9uXS3Vm2_2dBjlwNDb7evfbZ8BG-c70BC3-4-vX-pos7JGOokwLbHpkUy4TMSXdpmbMfhl-qMaxf_Hknfr5ZrdYtEOH-1Pex-Y39eI/w640-h480/IMG_7798.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO84seCZ9I6DIdL9adkoDt7OhpNwWj4rgR2a9mBA7Y0TtL33hnc7hUNg5bg7tPly152PdowMpG7hVvT8_N4gIoq9G7c2Rh5etf2teHZI1EzKdI4LaFZ177q3GWLUUTbKvkn3wk9PvBDKYadxQbclk1bW5YcD4WH_8An6jPPL78NzqaZHttCcSVm6zKPoE/s4032/IMG_7799.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO84seCZ9I6DIdL9adkoDt7OhpNwWj4rgR2a9mBA7Y0TtL33hnc7hUNg5bg7tPly152PdowMpG7hVvT8_N4gIoq9G7c2Rh5etf2teHZI1EzKdI4LaFZ177q3GWLUUTbKvkn3wk9PvBDKYadxQbclk1bW5YcD4WH_8An6jPPL78NzqaZHttCcSVm6zKPoE/w640-h480/IMG_7799.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa2pJ-xAEye6RlImx8G96_GuUEuy5ljHgUAOgAnbAPQFTAWlpxJGgskN7EfaucVuXVGxfns6cqzt4YOLXvar2eF_mu5D7512945vRf61rNr0_W1WTqQU40Mb6WfQkEYoYlB1Ynafywsj8LQVI4fr6vo2NMvY7Wld7rNEIjSNuNuSuU-euEXW7t70uI9w/s3659/IMG_7801.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2615" data-original-width="3659" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa2pJ-xAEye6RlImx8G96_GuUEuy5ljHgUAOgAnbAPQFTAWlpxJGgskN7EfaucVuXVGxfns6cqzt4YOLXvar2eF_mu5D7512945vRf61rNr0_W1WTqQU40Mb6WfQkEYoYlB1Ynafywsj8LQVI4fr6vo2NMvY7Wld7rNEIjSNuNuSuU-euEXW7t70uI9w/w640-h458/IMG_7801.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1PcF8b9AwOYg3eZ_0FMqLXAIDXqlpelTlhl5IoQptvpv-Sr81llFC-37CrPIk3FnVh7VGuhquej9IJ2gPSO_oloLDl5btwTeCeV3TdDrArPXjOvoZ1JoIz1-yiin6TGYTS0xfxlYTIpD7xUNdW8sdtjqxnjDAIFeQ76vn7DTlYcmaV0pLwopc-syU9M/s4032/IMG_7803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1PcF8b9AwOYg3eZ_0FMqLXAIDXqlpelTlhl5IoQptvpv-Sr81llFC-37CrPIk3FnVh7VGuhquej9IJ2gPSO_oloLDl5btwTeCeV3TdDrArPXjOvoZ1JoIz1-yiin6TGYTS0xfxlYTIpD7xUNdW8sdtjqxnjDAIFeQ76vn7DTlYcmaV0pLwopc-syU9M/w640-h480/IMG_7803.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>By now we were almost back in Porthmadog so decided to have a ride through Tremadog, somewhere we’d passed lots of times but never stopped. There wasn’t an awful lot there but it was a pretty little village with plenty of pubs and a very picturesque church …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVLR5TCGWIYPWYVjWBs7em-vE4SThbWoqwgLmE3ZkujhZw81FJnnO80aO8JSJFhyphenhyphenvm6Reile8bdC40HkNGjOtGcvhsw-2X50oRqVk6WafU5fJH_MPJ7x5crA5_iHsoHbDrbCWIPbxLJ-ILMx8XAWeLmjf2qRgjMPqRYZh-2xKqYovvaKhXcV2Ikk7QlQ/s4032/IMG_7804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVLR5TCGWIYPWYVjWBs7em-vE4SThbWoqwgLmE3ZkujhZw81FJnnO80aO8JSJFhyphenhyphenvm6Reile8bdC40HkNGjOtGcvhsw-2X50oRqVk6WafU5fJH_MPJ7x5crA5_iHsoHbDrbCWIPbxLJ-ILMx8XAWeLmjf2qRgjMPqRYZh-2xKqYovvaKhXcV2Ikk7QlQ/w480-h640/IMG_7804.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>From Tremadog we headed for another place new to us … Tan y Bwlch railway station … which was a real treat …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfB3wp1HyKOTPGAz0cXO4cgOoQlu9Wu0tmLSY9Cjy6BBxEc67n1ItN20E2zkiNLwOOnKFitHnbuiQntK36jO_wKxreK7LMoYC1WoxgzbVOJHCgYDuF9OyeSN6g1l22jJmehZCkn8fptiVNqMVZ-lZJH88kLm4RwxPjwMtgx-04szoBvn2zwh6_fHgQ90/s4032/IMG_7809.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfB3wp1HyKOTPGAz0cXO4cgOoQlu9Wu0tmLSY9Cjy6BBxEc67n1ItN20E2zkiNLwOOnKFitHnbuiQntK36jO_wKxreK7LMoYC1WoxgzbVOJHCgYDuF9OyeSN6g1l22jJmehZCkn8fptiVNqMVZ-lZJH88kLm4RwxPjwMtgx-04szoBvn2zwh6_fHgQ90/w640-h480/IMG_7809.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwA3QW59WYjmlJa3FF2h41p3je1ZVVGG3ht_9FqvzR5sHtHRpKFtmZFFzkNmZ0GFmIqwXVp4CEk2L5ZbLbE0zFCj0PIzwz0Xjud-9UiQrh2juqxGXO3N3qk4ua8aw9JgI0nOGMLh0N-QCPx2HA0uJ7WNMIdw3-wabzDqBJrhTt0vMqr83gwsReobOxkz8/s4032/IMG_7810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwA3QW59WYjmlJa3FF2h41p3je1ZVVGG3ht_9FqvzR5sHtHRpKFtmZFFzkNmZ0GFmIqwXVp4CEk2L5ZbLbE0zFCj0PIzwz0Xjud-9UiQrh2juqxGXO3N3qk4ua8aw9JgI0nOGMLh0N-QCPx2HA0uJ7WNMIdw3-wabzDqBJrhTt0vMqr83gwsReobOxkz8/w640-h480/IMG_7810.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxchHzkKG2Lj-sRcz29w8D5zB1DDsRkWtSh1AJXzRYXVMruEQw4sfShcwdZhVeMLCkn1hIyyog6_7xORKcTTugHcrkJzsnruMW0UBfF6VEfAxNqpNBiufMJRcOCii02F2lusnqx2h1zfvFakJxvLOmfofMc9DpHk5zPDGVKhTk2HJEXajab-bfrxm6vaM/s4032/IMG_7811.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxchHzkKG2Lj-sRcz29w8D5zB1DDsRkWtSh1AJXzRYXVMruEQw4sfShcwdZhVeMLCkn1hIyyog6_7xORKcTTugHcrkJzsnruMW0UBfF6VEfAxNqpNBiufMJRcOCii02F2lusnqx2h1zfvFakJxvLOmfofMc9DpHk5zPDGVKhTk2HJEXajab-bfrxm6vaM/w480-h640/IMG_7811.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and the tea room had just opened for the season so we had to pay a visit …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5mCeR7zigiTrI2M3gSB37r7Qvm54bEPVZDK66e04aylcUfXTLOGpoifMDNsGlHW96ddQ6nHZ7xl9qdc00F_j9GWhUDzMdaXkvf-tDHUG4awLRms3DDOJNifYpMjBPjJWRaQ7pRT9wMmZM_yeeajaylHS8NVwyjA_Phoa7TP8dDawhh48IrqQHM4TYzQ/s4032/IMG_7813.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5mCeR7zigiTrI2M3gSB37r7Qvm54bEPVZDK66e04aylcUfXTLOGpoifMDNsGlHW96ddQ6nHZ7xl9qdc00F_j9GWhUDzMdaXkvf-tDHUG4awLRms3DDOJNifYpMjBPjJWRaQ7pRT9wMmZM_yeeajaylHS8NVwyjA_Phoa7TP8dDawhh48IrqQHM4TYzQ/w480-h640/IMG_7813.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We’d had a lovely day … a nice walk … a lovely drive … seen some new places and discovered a new tea room 😀. </div><div><br /></div><div>One of the reasons we chose to buy our lodge over this way was because the area has just got everything and in just one day we’d seen the coast, the mountains and the steam railway. If we’d managed to throw in a castle we’d have had a full house 😜<br /><br />We made our way back to the lodge via Criccieth where I had one last stop to capture one of the new spring post box toppers … which always raise a smile …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFnfETX7VuWznUCHpYcM9iFnbbMelzvaWbgJRsuceAlEJ0i7a7B3FJLqVoIW0iL06frcpYp3I9SsiGyZuYj_XP1WNRUMKqnZ7e_iQt-BEdhTn8Sen7S7TcDyouLE_MKOQYyEahCOq4iRvtfLFI2FrPvCEiZiZ4NUTjPyMJll8Qyv-EGt4Iaw_zVpcTkI/s4032/IMG_7815.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFnfETX7VuWznUCHpYcM9iFnbbMelzvaWbgJRsuceAlEJ0i7a7B3FJLqVoIW0iL06frcpYp3I9SsiGyZuYj_XP1WNRUMKqnZ7e_iQt-BEdhTn8Sen7S7TcDyouLE_MKOQYyEahCOq4iRvtfLFI2FrPvCEiZiZ4NUTjPyMJll8Qyv-EGt4Iaw_zVpcTkI/w480-h640/IMG_7815.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">**********************************************</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-67221334199217972432024-03-04T10:26:00.000+00:002024-03-04T10:26:43.580+00:0050 Things to do before I’m 60 :: The Final PushHi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXS40f1DD60-TqCHiMVyPLNIXQ00nZWW_LsaMNxNWpU550SjCgh1RMHSSXxbQyzhYUUVSOUM1jB6z5lp9YXWvPbdKVIVWahRgb0hYZxBdmdlvwomff3d1xBAwsgGsQjf3JU4Pjr6IWciqReW6ppwoHgAAaVDNp7i7Se_3UMBS6J8qW7uzEh-jOU0RLNM/s243/IMG_7816.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="243" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXS40f1DD60-TqCHiMVyPLNIXQ00nZWW_LsaMNxNWpU550SjCgh1RMHSSXxbQyzhYUUVSOUM1jB6z5lp9YXWvPbdKVIVWahRgb0hYZxBdmdlvwomff3d1xBAwsgGsQjf3JU4Pjr6IWciqReW6ppwoHgAAaVDNp7i7Se_3UMBS6J8qW7uzEh-jOU0RLNM/s1600/IMG_7816.png" width="243" /></a></div><div><div>Following my <a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2024/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-2023-update.html?m=1">update</a> last week on my progress for 2023 I’ve now had chance to have a good look back through the goals I set myself to see what I’ve actually achieved so far. <br /><br />Over the course of the last nine years I have actually set myself 50 different goals, with 12 having been updated or substituted when it’s been clear they were no longer appropriate for me. </div><div><br />Of the 50 set I can happily say I have totally achieved 44 and it’s been quite interesting looking at how they are made up …<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>20 were all about visiting new places</li><li>8 were all related to being creative</li><li>3 were home improvement related</li><li>6 all involved friends and family</li><li>3 were forms of personal development</li><li>2 were about being more environmentally aware and</li><li>the final two were to ditch my camping stuff and to buy a holiday home</li></ul></div><div>You can see the full list in more detail below … including the six that I haven’t achieved, or updated, and no longer feel relevant …<br /><br />1 - <b>Done</b> - Hand make Christmas and birthday gifts<br />2 - <b>Done</b> - Make bramble jelly jam<br />3 - <b>Done</b> - Have a posh afternoon tea<br />4 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Balmoral castle<br />5 - <b>Done</b> - Make something in Mosaic<br /><br />6 - <b>Done </b>- Become competent with using my iPhone camera<br />7 - <b>Done</b> - Holiday on the Suffolk coast<br />8 - <b>Done</b> - Christmas in a holiday cottage<br />9 - Holiday in all of the National Parks of Great Britain<br />10 - <b>Done</b> - Upcycle my old placemats<br /><br />11 - <b>Done</b> - Go camping again, or get rid of the camping gear<br />12 - <b>Done</b> - Have a cottage holiday on one of the Channel Islands<br />13 - <b>Done</b> - Run my own business<br />14 - Go swimming once a week <br />15 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Rosslin Chapel<br /><br />16 - <b>Done</b> - Visit The Kelpies<br />17 - <b>Done </b>- Wear a nice dress for Rachel and Tom’s wedding<br />18 - <b>Done</b> - Become an auntie again<br />19 - <b>Done</b> - Holiday in The New Forest<br />20 - <b>Done</b> - Go up Snowdon on the Mountain Railway<br /><br />21 - <b>Done</b> - Replace old wonky and tatty patio in the garden<br />22 - <b>Done</b> - Decorate all of downstairs<br />23 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Warner Bros Studios - Harry Potter Tour<br />24 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Castle Howard<br />25 - <b>Done </b>- But a holiday home<br /><br />26 - <b>Done</b> - Visit all of the Shakespeare properties in Stratford-upon-Avon<br />27 - <b>Done</b> - Buy no clothes, shoes or bags for a year<br />28 - <b>Done</b> - Use less plastic<br />29 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Portmeirion<br />30 - <b>Done</b> - Embroider something to display in an embroidery hoop<br /><br />31 - <b>Done</b> - Celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary<br />32 - <b>Done</b> - Visit the Longleat Festival of Light<br />33 - <b>Done </b>- Display some of my artwork</div><div>34 - <b>Done </b>- Hold an afternoon tea party in the garden<br />35 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Kew Gardens<br /><br />36 - <b>Done</b> - Visit The Lichfield Apartments at Shugborough Hall<br />37 - <b>Done</b> - Find a new volunteering opportunity<br />38 - <b>Done</b> - Visit Chatsworth for Christmas and the Christmas markets<br />39 - <b>Done</b> - Have a photo featured in the Isle of Wight top 10 fan photos<br />40 - <b>Done</b> - Take a break in Windsor and see the sights<br /><br />41 - <b>Done</b> - Re-visit Warner Brothers Studios to see Gringotts Banks<br />42 - Cycle to Elford Walled Garden<br />43 - <b>Done </b>- Holiday in Kent and explore the Garden of England<br />44 - <b>Done - </b>Visit Clevedon<br />45 - Visit new places in The Peak District ... Padley Gorge, Cheedale Stepping Stones, Three Shires Head, New Mills<br /><br />46 - <b>Done </b>- Visit Bletchley Park<br />47 - <b>Done </b>- Read more</div><div>48 - Visit more Cotswold Gardens ... Sezincote, Bourton House, Batsford Arboretum, Cotswold Lavender and Cerney House</div><div>49 - Redecorate all of upstairs</div><div>50 - <b>Done </b>- Replace the windows on the front of the house</div><div><br />So … by my reckoning … if I want to be able to say that I achieved my ‘50 Things’ before I hit 60 … I need to achieve six new goals by November of this year.<br /><br />After lots of deliberation here are the six that I have decided on …</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>9 … Explore more new places and experiences in North Wales</li><li>14 … Find a sustainable regular exercise programme and build it into my daily routine</li><li>42 … Visit at least five new places on days out from home</li><li>45 … Continue learning to speak Welsh</li><li>48 … Fix the leaky roof</li><li>49 … Declutter the whole house, including garden sheds</li></ul></div><div>I have to say it does feel good knowing what I want to achieve this year. Hopefully there will be more but if I fully complete all six I will be very happy. </div><div><br /></div><div>I can already predict which one may well end up going by the by … I bet you can too 🙈🙈🙈</div><div><br /></div><div>I will then have to start thinking about what I want to do before I’m 70 🙈</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-7597980998071899542024-02-26T08:58:00.000+00:002024-02-26T08:58:35.808+00:00 50 Things to do before I’m 60 :: 2023 UpdateHi there everyone 😀<br /><br />Well … although it’s been a slow start to 2024 we are slowly easing back into some good habits and routines that seemed to have gone by the by for a while. <br /><br />We are back on top of the house cleaning and laundry routines. Meal planning, shopping and batch cooking are ticking along nicely. We even spent our first couple of hours in the garden over the weekend. <br /><br />I’m up to date with my Lodge Life posts so it feels like now it’s time to catch up with where I am on my 50 Things to do before I’m 60. After all … I now have less than a year to go. <br /><br />For those of you who don’t know … this was a goal I set myself when I hit 50. I didn’t set all of the ‘50 Things’ in one go and some of the goals have come and either been adapted or ditched completely if they somehow no longer felt inspiring or relevant. <br /><br />If you want to see how I’ve got on along the way you can go back and have look at my previous posts …<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2015/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-1-to-10.html?m=0">50 Things to do before I’m 60</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2016/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-update.html?m=0">2015 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2016/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-11-to-15.html?m=0">2016 … What’s Next?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2017/01/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-2016-update.html?m=0">2016 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2017/01/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-16-20.html?m=0">2017 … What’s Next?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2018/03/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-2017-update.html?m=0">2017 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2018/04/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-21-25.html?m=0">2018 … What’s Next?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2018/08/hi-there-everyone-do-you-remember-my-50.html?m=0">2018 … Progress Report</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2019/01/50-things-to-do-before-im-50-2018-update.html?m=0">2018 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2019/01/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-whats-next.html?m=0">2019 … What’s Next?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2019/09/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-so-far-so.html?m=0">2019 … So far so good</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2020/01/50-things-before-im-60-2019-update.html?m=0">2019 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2020/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-whats-next.html?m=0">2020 … What’s Next?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2021/01/50-things-before-im-60-2020-update.html?m=0">2020 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2022/01/50-things-before-im-60-2021-update.html?m=0">2021 … Update</a><br /><a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2023/02/50-things-to-do-before-im-60-2022-update.html?m=0">2022 … Update</a><br /><br />There are a lot of links and I don’t blame you if you can’t be fussed with looking back through all of them. It’s taken me a while to refresh my memory with what I said I wanted to do in 2023 …<br /><br /><b>6 - Become competent at using my iPhone Camera</b><br />For 2023 I changed my 6th goal from completing an online photography course to this new one, which just felt more relevant. I’m really happy with how I’ve got on with this goal and have taken lots of photos that I’m really pleased with. I think I am happy to say I’ve achieved this one … but I’d be interested in knowing what you think. Here are a selection of some of my favourites …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFYQS92t_c_BxfnjoCW6dzH1IbaEFqvZsJMHDLC1q2wWi49bO1BWFubDlkyfdonIOfQXG__AtLCEQtPqleIXXHQ9agGw8CeLyuvhr0rm87cbhfLzNmVw4MovfLqjAdVu4n-YbvhJNrUZ36RPow-XA6aTy2fav_cnsiPIqJ6OWkkFXc32x95eeTZCSdX8/s4032/IMG_5990.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFYQS92t_c_BxfnjoCW6dzH1IbaEFqvZsJMHDLC1q2wWi49bO1BWFubDlkyfdonIOfQXG__AtLCEQtPqleIXXHQ9agGw8CeLyuvhr0rm87cbhfLzNmVw4MovfLqjAdVu4n-YbvhJNrUZ36RPow-XA6aTy2fav_cnsiPIqJ6OWkkFXc32x95eeTZCSdX8/w480-h640/IMG_5990.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ane8U8QqmcPHQrHIjYdmYLpbTG7zMHJIbbI-tcSBfSxqZy8-s7ajTdwgSwhRnwq2Q8gwkgX0MuQUWVArYxyDhWTyksFmYEHLqyMBbrBn9n4dKdmdw56XJV3MtrAU4f19ILlFJf7x5NNxr8V1Jog0hdQ1V9-5pXsE4YVx9ijn497HlmDFkL-sszFWOsA/s4032/IMG_6080.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ane8U8QqmcPHQrHIjYdmYLpbTG7zMHJIbbI-tcSBfSxqZy8-s7ajTdwgSwhRnwq2Q8gwkgX0MuQUWVArYxyDhWTyksFmYEHLqyMBbrBn9n4dKdmdw56XJV3MtrAU4f19ILlFJf7x5NNxr8V1Jog0hdQ1V9-5pXsE4YVx9ijn497HlmDFkL-sszFWOsA/w480-h640/IMG_6080.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG-5oKvP1bZCJciZoC38TvQfg_iVENpto-9HmcKkg4Ztlp1GtTvQgbHTVHYZH_H8Jpmh15f2nFH4QrLnA5CQO7ocf99H06O3Hq-L0XB-0AwY-iZnhPwLcaPPkOvL5eeNtQe8IGg3f76V-4ssQB96MNTj1npag7dWYqWVp9_wPG8sxvfeVE-AkA3UBP3g/s4032/IMG_7006.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG-5oKvP1bZCJciZoC38TvQfg_iVENpto-9HmcKkg4Ztlp1GtTvQgbHTVHYZH_H8Jpmh15f2nFH4QrLnA5CQO7ocf99H06O3Hq-L0XB-0AwY-iZnhPwLcaPPkOvL5eeNtQe8IGg3f76V-4ssQB96MNTj1npag7dWYqWVp9_wPG8sxvfeVE-AkA3UBP3g/w480-h640/IMG_7006.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvlg_V89FqJZdHPB2AVL6EM0CFjOVUlwYdRa3t8kcmYwhMJ9yJU63TsaYtCyY7YVORvCi00iBdl0V3ELSaNdkUoVt1Nb-7InyHEzyPjW9vzaiAmdwVsGvUfopdb3AU30nmvlIuAgH1K8BGLbj_UTaodRA_o0q9ChoI1OROfERMALo70jrDQ-EstGvoNU/s4032/IMG_7224.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvlg_V89FqJZdHPB2AVL6EM0CFjOVUlwYdRa3t8kcmYwhMJ9yJU63TsaYtCyY7YVORvCi00iBdl0V3ELSaNdkUoVt1Nb-7InyHEzyPjW9vzaiAmdwVsGvUfopdb3AU30nmvlIuAgH1K8BGLbj_UTaodRA_o0q9ChoI1OROfERMALo70jrDQ-EstGvoNU/w480-h640/IMG_7224.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EvTqYkNHvEWzaWfAvbufjuSXTDayM3j3RbUxvuSNMSprQRugkPHAzul7IILujOs56YjaJVnP29YOoQ2Sqpl7VU4151c5uFIMI99TfKR5otBTvCA1iO9gCLDw4ugni5t1-AS1X51_l0YZyzV-IhlhDNxFP_VQY8AGK58NBAIQdGz1C8Ds2koGvxgE_GE/s4032/IMG_7457.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EvTqYkNHvEWzaWfAvbufjuSXTDayM3j3RbUxvuSNMSprQRugkPHAzul7IILujOs56YjaJVnP29YOoQ2Sqpl7VU4151c5uFIMI99TfKR5otBTvCA1iO9gCLDw4ugni5t1-AS1X51_l0YZyzV-IhlhDNxFP_VQY8AGK58NBAIQdGz1C8Ds2koGvxgE_GE/w480-h640/IMG_7457.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PHNd43IDH12hG9hx4pZSc_jgQwEUCJLffMvxNlF1HOn5nnJSfQAeyrGHflPFfLHYnzeNPShh_IAZydVaM6fA52UDoKDuKTU5sYWy0R8q9NHpDuE-tFcOdGhj9OS3SCNe7xm_1lSnUT-JjjzCQm2LVIN5Q775C1N6xbGAQRbYLluUPPXkOjguTHS7bFc/s4032/IMG_7582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PHNd43IDH12hG9hx4pZSc_jgQwEUCJLffMvxNlF1HOn5nnJSfQAeyrGHflPFfLHYnzeNPShh_IAZydVaM6fA52UDoKDuKTU5sYWy0R8q9NHpDuE-tFcOdGhj9OS3SCNe7xm_1lSnUT-JjjzCQm2LVIN5Q775C1N6xbGAQRbYLluUPPXkOjguTHS7bFc/w640-h480/IMG_7582.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><b>9 - Holiday in all of the National Parks of the UK</b><br />I was still working on this one with four of the 15 parks still to be visited. I think, with the purchase of our holiday lodge in North Wales, that … whilst I would still like to achieve this at some point … it’s not going to be before I’m 60. <br /><br /><b>14 - Go swimming once a week</b><br />I must have been feeling very committed and enthusiastic when I swapped out a Geocaching objective for this one. We kept it up until the lodge park opened up in March and then that was pretty much game over 🙈<br /><br /><b>17 - Wear a nice dress for Rachel & Tom’s Wedding in August</b><br />Last year I swapped out a losing weight related goal for this one, which I am happy to say that I’m ticking off as wholly achieved …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT8LJW1PK3n_BD5E3kW5QGZbO2sF5WaUIMHLx0cTaOALqTPxddYvxyeJg6Hk6CVCc85AoUxG9Ohr7n9gv8UsnNSornqjAdWMFqkQgLdtDZgb9nmF14Or4rx7sfFuzEyt2QyxdU3gtb7yeBrmnvFLzET7dyM3Ve0ktdiFn7wGEBbXcBe5VrjICd0U-sP8/s4032/IMG_6259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT8LJW1PK3n_BD5E3kW5QGZbO2sF5WaUIMHLx0cTaOALqTPxddYvxyeJg6Hk6CVCc85AoUxG9Ohr7n9gv8UsnNSornqjAdWMFqkQgLdtDZgb9nmF14Or4rx7sfFuzEyt2QyxdU3gtb7yeBrmnvFLzET7dyM3Ve0ktdiFn7wGEBbXcBe5VrjICd0U-sP8/w480-h640/IMG_6259.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMh1i1ZdMkAsnx940Y81jI1WYO2Q91iWhnzmrpWIyGuoKiX1MtxXgeTQkA2vo43STcVkRFOMfMEk_fp-kIdfPbkXVyla3NgJUofw6XuIfMbMcFCFEmCsgr0YWXq_VVv9aosxBzwlW0FFtExfn1O9agvxAvQgIy_ENcR_yJJYKpDMdR_AFOV3l5JjuRo1c/s3088/IMG_6278.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMh1i1ZdMkAsnx940Y81jI1WYO2Q91iWhnzmrpWIyGuoKiX1MtxXgeTQkA2vo43STcVkRFOMfMEk_fp-kIdfPbkXVyla3NgJUofw6XuIfMbMcFCFEmCsgr0YWXq_VVv9aosxBzwlW0FFtExfn1O9agvxAvQgIy_ENcR_yJJYKpDMdR_AFOV3l5JjuRo1c/w480-h640/IMG_6278.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOkaaZ3XOIqiiUhVax6EtgZWNpbiji4OBI_kASXMAr0YwGticr62j3ChhmpzNpHfX11yPURXtdpagQWpH-xKOvQITAjnuwrtL6u6_TEBBFwtkojTjvZvEnQFnzLQPgyopomoDViQXbzq6VnzUQatbqJL7fqoMqJRLy8aoBnNo-SdqBFFrICDcUQHMe24/s4032/IMG_6285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOkaaZ3XOIqiiUhVax6EtgZWNpbiji4OBI_kASXMAr0YwGticr62j3ChhmpzNpHfX11yPURXtdpagQWpH-xKOvQITAjnuwrtL6u6_TEBBFwtkojTjvZvEnQFnzLQPgyopomoDViQXbzq6VnzUQatbqJL7fqoMqJRLy8aoBnNo-SdqBFFrICDcUQHMe24/w480-h640/IMG_6285.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEOiW3gevfYbWdMQxYhMZykY2DszeVpNgfhZAC2gLQH9JBzNZWMXk6Z0JPAHU6XzwxOwnj1j6oBw370xgGNcmE3k9MR2qZb9m9uPXkys85fSdJLTrqGy5rwyE_m4myNfmZ97QOj2fb47aYkNPcHeiue_oQ9jDx2lQ0M4xcJPdOYSW89gxIMTZe74xTnI/s4032/IMG_6307.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEOiW3gevfYbWdMQxYhMZykY2DszeVpNgfhZAC2gLQH9JBzNZWMXk6Z0JPAHU6XzwxOwnj1j6oBw370xgGNcmE3k9MR2qZb9m9uPXkys85fSdJLTrqGy5rwyE_m4myNfmZ97QOj2fb47aYkNPcHeiue_oQ9jDx2lQ0M4xcJPdOYSW89gxIMTZe74xTnI/w480-h640/IMG_6307.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS_E9JTAuqFWQFqrb-YL_YWWPZzT9myUb_AawB6Bs49DX4WogB-is7Fvm4g4sKlxYhU2BuUAvsdu95gEAuFz7MJj0YzcyXQY5DP12BYvhmbKDEu3Og3uOcBzy9rU0bOHiBHL4Gk6NJe4S4noMgjYOqXjA8cO43cRuZkmYwLU2Ueh6nGBbp5dpZCtClKQ/s4032/IMG_6273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS_E9JTAuqFWQFqrb-YL_YWWPZzT9myUb_AawB6Bs49DX4WogB-is7Fvm4g4sKlxYhU2BuUAvsdu95gEAuFz7MJj0YzcyXQY5DP12BYvhmbKDEu3Og3uOcBzy9rU0bOHiBHL4Gk6NJe4S4noMgjYOqXjA8cO43cRuZkmYwLU2Ueh6nGBbp5dpZCtClKQ/w480-h640/IMG_6273.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><b>33 - Display some of my own Artwork</b><br />I’m happy with how I’ve got on with this one. As well as the bits and pieces I already had at home I’ve added some fabric art, which will be hung somewhere at the lodge …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmDjPfktX52JTgFweoqHqwDzAASrQOx57440Kf2LfVDVq6aMYh8ohsXwJP4qlY9V5HoxwIdj8twWVJTfl4knL_TYOXXfL21pSaagD9Cb4-u2Hz9teL2hxdPMRpF8VP0VZQiW3j_-e6_ac2DDJe-G289z3fKUg_OTkWx9_ljNj_gyk4V7NjC70s3d9iMg/s4032/IMG_5261.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmDjPfktX52JTgFweoqHqwDzAASrQOx57440Kf2LfVDVq6aMYh8ohsXwJP4qlY9V5HoxwIdj8twWVJTfl4knL_TYOXXfL21pSaagD9Cb4-u2Hz9teL2hxdPMRpF8VP0VZQiW3j_-e6_ac2DDJe-G289z3fKUg_OTkWx9_ljNj_gyk4V7NjC70s3d9iMg/w480-h640/IMG_5261.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and a new watercolour that I did at craft group, which is waiting to be framed …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs1LPyt96FbBv1moKZCvAnt3xi973ZsTZXX_hpYN4mDGLMy9-XWjfxMtX8PZ08eybBeCTFdNOnjOeZofZGCFQ0-9ijhX0n-15HzKFBolN3XH3Oc-rXXK8KIZJVybPYrxFr1LKt-GPuD8rkenMCSJw_6I2UHPliz6dyxmKTbmFA4eV2xkLwiNtBUHf_k0/s2803/IMG_7660.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2803" data-original-width="1985" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs1LPyt96FbBv1moKZCvAnt3xi973ZsTZXX_hpYN4mDGLMy9-XWjfxMtX8PZ08eybBeCTFdNOnjOeZofZGCFQ0-9ijhX0n-15HzKFBolN3XH3Oc-rXXK8KIZJVybPYrxFr1LKt-GPuD8rkenMCSJw_6I2UHPliz6dyxmKTbmFA4eV2xkLwiNtBUHf_k0/w454-h640/IMG_7660.jpeg" width="454" /></a></div><b>42 - Cycle to Elford Walled Garden</b><br />It’s been another year where the bikes have only made it out of the shed if we’ve needed to reach something behind them. It’s sad to admit it but I think I need to replace this with something else. <br /><br /><b>45 - Visit new places in The Peak District ... Padley Gorge, Cheedale Stepping Stones, Three Shires Head, New Mills</b><br />Whilst we did have a day out in The Peak District, visiting some of our favourite spots, we didn’t actually manage to visit anywhere new in 2023 …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7TlTfX8BZFDIVFOO3hkeY9epBR7XRu4eWjzEWZQSLhdVoTDCYo2IM9kxRMPJCBGnx_qmihGVXRRbzJ82lY6qxiug-Q59q9ujPxQ_26C7ncDsdlGz97-VwHkTqyy_f8zpdHvVx1w87sm4d1RO9a__WfACGGcNjuofSx2_y3KAd2w9of1pZ1HAsNA-4ao/s4032/IMG_6512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7TlTfX8BZFDIVFOO3hkeY9epBR7XRu4eWjzEWZQSLhdVoTDCYo2IM9kxRMPJCBGnx_qmihGVXRRbzJ82lY6qxiug-Q59q9ujPxQ_26C7ncDsdlGz97-VwHkTqyy_f8zpdHvVx1w87sm4d1RO9a__WfACGGcNjuofSx2_y3KAd2w9of1pZ1HAsNA-4ao/w480-h640/IMG_6512.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><b>48 - Visit more Cotswold Gardens ... Sezincote, Bourton House, Batsford Arboretum, Cotswold Lavender and Cerney House</b><br />Another one with no progress at all for 2023. We definitely need to find time for a few days out when we are at home this summer. <br /><br /><b>49 - Redecorate all of upstairs</b><br />Frustratingly there has been no progress in this one at all. I am blaming it on the fact that we have a leak in the roof somewhere that we don’t seem to be able to resolve and until that is done there is no point doing any decorating. <br /><br /><b>50 - Replace the windows on the front of the house</b><br />I don’t seem to have achieved much this time but I am ending on a high as we did get the windows on the front of the house replaced and, not only that, but we are very happy with them too …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiazTKMosqdK7LrKtxr7qO6bnRKRKU0hOwC87pqSwpudpyRJcEV3ROF47YOYjD1Y-PRKCXIZ77ZKEPo-oD5qdKO5X6j3FlJor6OFAyeGLXfQW_NTCRksePSl0BIg_FOVKYFSIDkqUqnxVu7gaVIWLZ_2Nt85t0h05s5wjOqQ90GPNL44WclemwMptOH88/s4032/IMG_4607.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiazTKMosqdK7LrKtxr7qO6bnRKRKU0hOwC87pqSwpudpyRJcEV3ROF47YOYjD1Y-PRKCXIZ77ZKEPo-oD5qdKO5X6j3FlJor6OFAyeGLXfQW_NTCRksePSl0BIg_FOVKYFSIDkqUqnxVu7gaVIWLZ_2Nt85t0h05s5wjOqQ90GPNL44WclemwMptOH88/w640-h480/IMG_4607.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BXJ4DwsxpUDZa7y3FXGI68RahlajSVxX86NXUX4Ms9Sw0Kq_lpKVgKPselHemxCkYulA-ygeZJC-N7vn2lojpjJAE6uZCPM1QOUgwimmOySDPUm4y-CWj9vQii9JKWcjzFBsGLe5An9T43AzV20lONLp-Gwwr5R1Tw3LFU5aLvuWdELlaLfPa_IJKhA/s4032/IMG_4661.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BXJ4DwsxpUDZa7y3FXGI68RahlajSVxX86NXUX4Ms9Sw0Kq_lpKVgKPselHemxCkYulA-ygeZJC-N7vn2lojpjJAE6uZCPM1QOUgwimmOySDPUm4y-CWj9vQii9JKWcjzFBsGLe5An9T43AzV20lONLp-Gwwr5R1Tw3LFU5aLvuWdELlaLfPa_IJKhA/w480-h640/IMG_4661.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I have to say with all the chopping and changing and some goals part completed I have ended up getting completely bamboozled and I have no clue as to how may I’ve done or how many I need to ditch in favour of something else. <br /><br />On that basis I am going to leave it here for now and do a separate post listing the full 50 all together … then hopefully I will know what I want to do for the rest of this year. <br /><br />Back soon 😀</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-41631908526336558992024-02-19T09:29:00.000+00:002024-02-19T09:29:04.335+00:00Lodge Life :: December 2023Hi there everyone 😀<br /><br />After our two week visit in November we hadn’t really been planning on visiting the lodge again until the New Year, but we’d had a particularly cold snap, so decided to head over for a few days just to check everything was ok ahead of our New Year visit. <br /><br />As we were only there for a couple of days we didn’t really do much, though we did stop at <a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2023/12/christmas-at-attingham.html?m=0">Attingham Park</a> on the way to take in their Christmas trees …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62CD4DSwd3_9lOVWMhnV7aehp7TnobxLcU1JNPu9Uqr_vyO_Smj4hu-nU2HK82CUpiHrTZVoTsMOzc2KD75W_4TcLhK98u1jJCEvlMZiOcPzerHT4XbWRV5Jcay_tTfXiNUF9Tvm3IPEtlbML3g2jCffbE8JZ4EEa0altHTOma1CfY9zXYx6-JGLQ1io/w640-h480/IMG_7582.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not quite the start to the New Year we were hoping for … though it had been lovely to spend it at the lodge </div><div style="text-align: center;">🙈🙈🙈</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div><br /></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-17086571489707972512024-02-11T14:54:00.000+00:002024-02-11T14:54:53.896+00:00Lodge Life :: November 2023Hi there everyone 😀<br /><br />I know this is a bit late but I am playing catch up with my Lodge Life posts. <br /><br />The park is closed at the moment … it opens again for the season on 1 March and we can’t wait to get back … but for now here is what we got up to in November. <br /><br />We managed a two week break back in November and it was a real mixture of weather and activity. There was plenty of relaxing, a birthday weekend visit from Jackie and Phil and a bit of exploring. <br /><br />Our trip over was an interesting one, with not much visibility over the mountains …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55RSXfTz_kU4ksyI6fMwZbh_stU8w8XwpVwrdVktgvFiNxdAC0QPHdJfeCTQK88kMrQueKW2-1IWN5AtcBvRGpfLlHFaiesxNobn5nKpadmkXj4FKWG80fQ7LPq9ijrCtTy3m41PbqaMYHcu0GcOoZEfhuG8Zvl_8HkjYqCYF4sUrWFDCgkiU4woORD8/s4032/IMG_7072.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55RSXfTz_kU4ksyI6fMwZbh_stU8w8XwpVwrdVktgvFiNxdAC0QPHdJfeCTQK88kMrQueKW2-1IWN5AtcBvRGpfLlHFaiesxNobn5nKpadmkXj4FKWG80fQ7LPq9ijrCtTy3m41PbqaMYHcu0GcOoZEfhuG8Zvl_8HkjYqCYF4sUrWFDCgkiU4woORD8/w480-h640/IMG_7072.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">… but clearing as we came down into Bala … with plenty of autumn colour …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had a big day out in <a href="http://www.lifeofpottering.co.uk/2023/12/a-birthday-weekend-in-north-wales.html?m=0">Llanberis</a> …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCNxh31ozX2qdk7ZI8w-4ACRXRgklEW4QuYhDIz07L07Ut9NCKcSp9PpPc6tuPp4xtblB8A4vJPjO2QfWROUjma8ix1zAkK4r2jHl6u9dvYZza8pAYykCfjCBjzFD0pmOSuqo6YW4l9ij2OQ6fLuiihw63jI37UjXyfV427yrStCTD5dqdm8j59JgH9U/s4032/IMG_7150.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCNxh31ozX2qdk7ZI8w-4ACRXRgklEW4QuYhDIz07L07Ut9NCKcSp9PpPc6tuPp4xtblB8A4vJPjO2QfWROUjma8ix1zAkK4r2jHl6u9dvYZza8pAYykCfjCBjzFD0pmOSuqo6YW4l9ij2OQ6fLuiihw63jI37UjXyfV427yrStCTD5dqdm8j59JgH9U/w640-h480/IMG_7150.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>… followed by a day mooching round the Christmas craft fairs and shops in Caernarfon, with a trip for lunch at our favourite garden centre thrown in for good measure …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY708mL3WzTT1ZGM_Yg35yiIzMl9I_fGw3G1tML7H063GAnEVZSGPt0gXt5CogcqX-BVPwyHuvlDWm7LJp9Wej9eE4sJL_H7qeQeeVXuy6YLUfSuChvgSNFXeFpkQXDNakwxvbrHpjlZcqJn-paA0lfpSMt6EvOZGXye9SUGSEYQfwWMni8_vaAM5jI_M/s3539/IMG_7189.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3539" data-original-width="2940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY708mL3WzTT1ZGM_Yg35yiIzMl9I_fGw3G1tML7H063GAnEVZSGPt0gXt5CogcqX-BVPwyHuvlDWm7LJp9Wej9eE4sJL_H7qeQeeVXuy6YLUfSuChvgSNFXeFpkQXDNakwxvbrHpjlZcqJn-paA0lfpSMt6EvOZGXye9SUGSEYQfwWMni8_vaAM5jI_M/w532-h640/IMG_7189.jpeg" width="532" /></a></div>We even ventured out to Nomi, a restaurant we’d had recommended to us, for a birthday evening meal …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2MZ0c_dhdFWOg3_PbhoFSu2jnXOTEkZkPWjSD6q38kZ7W613phTV4Ru_zbIpJn0MZ0ZS1KMLf6zT9uJ0QlRdZpf8d2TpLroSwAm0blfvP-V9HQXt9KzaVCxxju7Q32hIa1qWZq_h33G6qyg2tVUR6Y84pYhICJhXeOQipeUl4TNgaDmd-syimvNOsWU/s4032/IMG_7192.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2MZ0c_dhdFWOg3_PbhoFSu2jnXOTEkZkPWjSD6q38kZ7W613phTV4Ru_zbIpJn0MZ0ZS1KMLf6zT9uJ0QlRdZpf8d2TpLroSwAm0blfvP-V9HQXt9KzaVCxxju7Q32hIa1qWZq_h33G6qyg2tVUR6Y84pYhICJhXeOQipeUl4TNgaDmd-syimvNOsWU/w640-h480/IMG_7192.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>… which was followed by a late night Christmas shopping visit to a very nice and quiet Asda 😂😂😂<br /><br />After Jackie and Phil had headed for home Martin and I went on an exploratory mission to a new cafe we’d seen … to check out the breakfast. It was a bit off the beaten track … but we thought it would be good when we saw all the white vans parked on the car park … and we weren’t disappointed …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r3jaJpdQXInpd2p5QjvTWYwCk_KPKd4VsNBXmaA2xLtIdCJ-UkkZ9wEz3aRhJLl9eNX5wetD8-e_xd9ncElQetZb0D3EeKUnWbP7P1cVBTjVGxHY5ACGCTwpGIg7qpRseYnIF8Dj6S8rqXmV4zpHSEp4W72sZCYYx3-oqr3mmAJEL3tMm7GXuBcEdjc/s4032/IMG_7216.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r3jaJpdQXInpd2p5QjvTWYwCk_KPKd4VsNBXmaA2xLtIdCJ-UkkZ9wEz3aRhJLl9eNX5wetD8-e_xd9ncElQetZb0D3EeKUnWbP7P1cVBTjVGxHY5ACGCTwpGIg7qpRseYnIF8Dj6S8rqXmV4zpHSEp4W72sZCYYx3-oqr3mmAJEL3tMm7GXuBcEdjc/w480-h640/IMG_7216.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>After our breakfast we did a bit of exploring. Firstly a quick look at the reservoir by the power station …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCeYshcXMFM-haRgxnW5__LrJg7P_NMaMoWctZlm2WHzA30HYS0jwJKhrixoVCR25U4xGSVuON8j3dC4Cjf5rS0HcvhP5vklPnH1cA7wvZaX9bj2OD80MegzR8w_HedKWAt8SH7VGbyY0q4-kDn0N68nJGAQZL4PNC7ZXAua_PnWdZ93Em-uzkBtb3mU/s4032/IMG_7217.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCeYshcXMFM-haRgxnW5__LrJg7P_NMaMoWctZlm2WHzA30HYS0jwJKhrixoVCR25U4xGSVuON8j3dC4Cjf5rS0HcvhP5vklPnH1cA7wvZaX9bj2OD80MegzR8w_HedKWAt8SH7VGbyY0q4-kDn0N68nJGAQZL4PNC7ZXAua_PnWdZ93Em-uzkBtb3mU/w640-h480/IMG_7217.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VtYEofTlTLeBl32YbM7-AlB-4OuXWX80ui7jrUaXol6mwDU-5vF9SsoVXkv6aFgdbXTYxDWiKvdKxf6nk4gv1qGoiZVq9Cjtz8pihtmTHkEkd2NUblLIvBlnkAAR16HSbkATE0rOl8dEktOXSYz0PJ7tv038XEQEWmWEMX938-KMin7_2lwpjfhnrjE/s4032/IMG_7218.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is possible to walk up, but that would be way beyond our capability. <br /><br />Our last big day out before heading for home was to Conwy …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RTlJBKRcUZHSGyPwYVjFSX2f6goARCqLp1lY_kBX8kW7LAqyDJhIZBqquson5idvTr3dkHNAmUkgWaeXfpmgbut6RBD3JZoihOvPaoeRrG8tSx6imRoJRWKriL_mBy51FnU-ZZ4UW_aTOK1wLcDFhpSZCOJ-3v2xNtxaaEydnRnzUogubzqaOPSimQs/s4032/IMG_7251.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RTlJBKRcUZHSGyPwYVjFSX2f6goARCqLp1lY_kBX8kW7LAqyDJhIZBqquson5idvTr3dkHNAmUkgWaeXfpmgbut6RBD3JZoihOvPaoeRrG8tSx6imRoJRWKriL_mBy51FnU-ZZ4UW_aTOK1wLcDFhpSZCOJ-3v2xNtxaaEydnRnzUogubzqaOPSimQs/w480-h640/IMG_7251.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div>… where we did a bit of mooching and had a good wander around the harbour …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It’s so nice to get to see places at different times of year. Everything really does look so different 😀</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-89261280004297790762024-02-05T09:46:00.000+00:002024-02-05T09:46:34.358+00:00A Productive SundayHello again everyone 😀<br /><br /> Following my Saturday morning at craft group I chose neither of my options of baking or reading for the afternoon … instead opting for a nap in the chair. <br /><br />Sunday continued with the productive feel. Martin went to do the weekly shop … it’s not normally a weekend activity, but with so much else on this coming week we thought we’d try and get ahead. <br /><br />I had a quick tidy, watered the houseplants and made the beds and then spent an hour baking. I started with the flapjacks I’d been craving on Saturday and also ended up using up old rice crispies, out of date marshmallows and the last of the cocoa to make a chocolate crispie traybake … giving us a bit of much needed space in the kitchen cupboard …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWKKO7FJIYs3I9USRFZL67aWdLvr_vcORS7NKr-4cZHYJwSJ_m48U11l9efvedurJkwZHSZpRlxsXY6C9vvKohvqItTMnsXMXaGrg6XQm-hW9aihFpJne_jKffmcqq-urXP3Fan0NYjexvdw9KD72h1ZNlVk0TJVA8X_246iE7nrI4bWfzhHD4QaC60o/s4032/IMG_7667.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWKKO7FJIYs3I9USRFZL67aWdLvr_vcORS7NKr-4cZHYJwSJ_m48U11l9efvedurJkwZHSZpRlxsXY6C9vvKohvqItTMnsXMXaGrg6XQm-hW9aihFpJne_jKffmcqq-urXP3Fan0NYjexvdw9KD72h1ZNlVk0TJVA8X_246iE7nrI4bWfzhHD4QaC60o/w480-h640/IMG_7667.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Our plan was to spend the afternoon cleaning our back porch … well it’s not really a porch, more a little square space between the kitchen, the back door and the downstairs loo. It does tend to be a bit of a staging post for stuff waiting to go to the shed or the charity shop or projects waiting to be started. <br /><br />It didn’t really go to plan but we did end up finding a home for grandad’s old fishing creel. It makes a nice hidey hole for bits and bobs next to the comfy chair in the dining room …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDsxbqyS-wCbae-21zWS32Xs-lxMkXwIQzC4B2Q_MVFX8oaHpYerLn0W4jaWEH6PhqfBz1156JwXK6hY3IpTRH2KNjYuLIc073EfylrWnSD0tirbBTV9CfkaCZ-7Yag1AnDxMhKbUICitJ5-ECdG0RVQFgvhIWZb3p6fA4VymGWf60z70Su6ZcGrwPQs/s3083/IMG_7670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3083" data-original-width="2630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDsxbqyS-wCbae-21zWS32Xs-lxMkXwIQzC4B2Q_MVFX8oaHpYerLn0W4jaWEH6PhqfBz1156JwXK6hY3IpTRH2KNjYuLIc073EfylrWnSD0tirbBTV9CfkaCZ-7Yag1AnDxMhKbUICitJ5-ECdG0RVQFgvhIWZb3p6fA4VymGWf60z70Su6ZcGrwPQs/w546-h640/IMG_7670.jpeg" width="546" /></a></div>We also managed to do a bit of serious houseplant repotting, which has been building up. <br /><br />The monstera now has room to grow … both outwards and upwards …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7ko1pHEm-MLGmj4R-swOMiUlV7Kv29oXb-4UXSU2FVou9EZjO3mRkBQVRMxaLMJfaLpUfeq6Ek0vTXJBZh9mHZG_CnNY3NJPVphn2D8iGWRo7HvYsoLWHq6o-rYBww76EaarXg1wrZNmovM4NELeybDHHfqd_wIC79Bt_XMfZ_ifWrZg_qjPATv3iw/s4032/IMG_7666.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7ko1pHEm-MLGmj4R-swOMiUlV7Kv29oXb-4UXSU2FVou9EZjO3mRkBQVRMxaLMJfaLpUfeq6Ek0vTXJBZh9mHZG_CnNY3NJPVphn2D8iGWRo7HvYsoLWHq6o-rYBww76EaarXg1wrZNmovM4NELeybDHHfqd_wIC79Bt_XMfZ_ifWrZg_qjPATv3iw/w480-h640/IMG_7666.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The money plant cutting that my neighbour gave me has now been potted on … after about six months on the kitchen window sill …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kk4-v53x0BWlGinm4_XbYqWJvvT_p8gZECzMqv1MihyAJHzMdc2q4UkXXdcsyC6iVWtRAuPMad6C5W0zvWATrQuirZcnNUguQAPN2YXUbqdpvAqXqRUvjjA8MGlK26cx-ML48p2WclwDfmqQ_jIxw72XioUxGs31ZHKpwt9YUtBhiPvgXz91Atg6AmQ/s4032/IMG_7668.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kk4-v53x0BWlGinm4_XbYqWJvvT_p8gZECzMqv1MihyAJHzMdc2q4UkXXdcsyC6iVWtRAuPMad6C5W0zvWATrQuirZcnNUguQAPN2YXUbqdpvAqXqRUvjjA8MGlK26cx-ML48p2WclwDfmqQ_jIxw72XioUxGs31ZHKpwt9YUtBhiPvgXz91Atg6AmQ/w480-h640/IMG_7668.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and the spider plant in the birdcage has made its way onto the top of the dining room cabinet … that’s a bit of a throwback to the days when I used to have loads of stuff on top of cabinets. I’d kind of come away from that look as it was a bit cluttered and just created more dust … but I actually kind of like it. It makes it feel a bit like being in an orangery … with more than a little bit of imagination …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNg8DHvFENv0N8EJFUd7VKqzwtBhW828dkLKvfs4kxAUVgU7-9YR4ENEsaEsqL6zxI6fKZ9rEUM-G6jJFVrf3xJwbSiBe0JB9LOe5kpxz0DBuY-Ik-6G-LRbD_FPsSzS5wOE_uh7HdNlE8uJEhOFG-e1T6ezzyIswvUCX_Ego7gZBDbDFwQDf7lT5phA/s3024/IMG_7669.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNg8DHvFENv0N8EJFUd7VKqzwtBhW828dkLKvfs4kxAUVgU7-9YR4ENEsaEsqL6zxI6fKZ9rEUM-G6jJFVrf3xJwbSiBe0JB9LOe5kpxz0DBuY-Ik-6G-LRbD_FPsSzS5wOE_uh7HdNlE8uJEhOFG-e1T6ezzyIswvUCX_Ego7gZBDbDFwQDf7lT5phA/w640-h640/IMG_7669.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Anyway … it’s a bit of a change and makes room for more houseplants in the back porch in the window sill. <br /><br />I then retired to the comfy chair to ponder over whether to have half an hour’s read before heading for a shower and getting something on for tea. </div><div><br /></div><div>Shower won … followed by a bit of a read 📚</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">*********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-65704393151341260892024-02-03T14:42:00.001+00:002024-02-03T14:42:29.406+00:00Finally … it’s February Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>Finally … it’s February. We made it through January and I am pleased to say that things are feeling a bit more lighter … in lots of ways. </div><div><br /></div><div>After our slow and dreary start to the year we finally seem to be seeing the back of the lingering cough and have actually started to feel just a little bit productive. </div><div><br /></div><div>We are slowly working our way through a real spring clean of the house … which had really not seen much activity at all since before Christmas. By the time we have finished we will need to start from the beginning again … but at least we will know it’s all had a really good going over and that always feels good. </div><div><br /></div><div>This last week there’s been a bit more sneaking onto the calendar with some school governor activity and a food bank shift, squeezed in alongside the cleaning. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also had a day out on Friday at a family funeral and, whilst it was a really sad occasion, it was lovely to see family that we haven’t really seen since before Covid … so there was lots of hugging and catching up to be done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeYCipR7nSEF_azST-u-VmYgoqR_cek7FKeaNQSYpmvyx3L0zjlNxhUZZW9u4qAjiKans6z3ugkhyphenhyphen50Il2cxw6OFY1-yW3amNwHSg9GUFnyeAmXW0FUkIarP0pwOVfhTC1lpWS_3tQK7RXDVdZ5Zy4dNhqdV6JE3XvHxZA6MddUjMwJwRNPOdL8lbiWs/s4032/IMG_7662.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeYCipR7nSEF_azST-u-VmYgoqR_cek7FKeaNQSYpmvyx3L0zjlNxhUZZW9u4qAjiKans6z3ugkhyphenhyphen50Il2cxw6OFY1-yW3amNwHSg9GUFnyeAmXW0FUkIarP0pwOVfhTC1lpWS_3tQK7RXDVdZ5Zy4dNhqdV6JE3XvHxZA6MddUjMwJwRNPOdL8lbiWs/w480-h640/IMG_7662.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div>I was really ready for a bit bit of pure self indulgence and managed to rouse myself early this morning and make it to Craft group. It was watercolour painting this morning and I spent a lovely couple of hours with a lovely group of like minded ladies and came away with this from my efforts …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2u4qKMh-kLMqnjJi0GLPAJKnYJGM-VNKOGyhpH-8Lz-tp3T_hfP-YvvqeytWP7tRAGA9JLRpcfmN3IbP5v3IUD0Y5K6w3FZ72mfUSry21sp_dsRbJ6yYN9oX-RsAzGf_7d_4RtQAkif0GS_kZj0FPnIStfd3to10dCvdsUYGailAWoH7qn7b9IgyPAg/s2803/IMG_7660.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2803" data-original-width="1985" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2u4qKMh-kLMqnjJi0GLPAJKnYJGM-VNKOGyhpH-8Lz-tp3T_hfP-YvvqeytWP7tRAGA9JLRpcfmN3IbP5v3IUD0Y5K6w3FZ72mfUSry21sp_dsRbJ6yYN9oX-RsAzGf_7d_4RtQAkif0GS_kZj0FPnIStfd3to10dCvdsUYGailAWoH7qn7b9IgyPAg/w454-h640/IMG_7660.jpeg" width="454" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can’t decide now whether it’s going to be the comfy chair with my book for the rest of the afternoon or whether I can build up to a bit of baking … I’m feeling the need for flapjacks 😀</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYrvbawechAL28m-D-1eYLQ4eEw98uGWeD5OaZr9yuoXm1qAIV-nZMpNImNUuG3JsG-8fyqfN83iQvHYg-PsmHIzbxicww2WuURpTofNw04guIIovJwzUNFWZWls4riMcTizBZgM_yWG59eww2yhCPa_uP72VlDSuPid5r7j8X7nBu2jAZkEdoVe1TnE/s4032/IMG_7661.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYrvbawechAL28m-D-1eYLQ4eEw98uGWeD5OaZr9yuoXm1qAIV-nZMpNImNUuG3JsG-8fyqfN83iQvHYg-PsmHIzbxicww2WuURpTofNw04guIIovJwzUNFWZWls4riMcTizBZgM_yWG59eww2yhCPa_uP72VlDSuPid5r7j8X7nBu2jAZkEdoVe1TnE/w480-h640/IMG_7661.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div>It’s good to start feeling a bit more enthusiastic about getting cracking. This next week is a busy one with a day at school, another food bank shift, boiler services for us and mum and the dentist on the cards. I’m thinking it will definitely be time for a bit of a social treat very soon … so hopefully we can manage a lunch or dinner with friends the week after 😀</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-58781617701880026212024-01-24T15:30:00.003+00:002024-01-24T15:32:33.496+00:00January …Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>I can’t quite believe it’s been three years today that we had our last chat with dad …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUgLliLPKrnhE0Uxoa9bSqPrS29eX01HPDSR-vsoJRnukx-_fXtUj78Lc_QsHhdsiFeb4CUPMsxvNrAvx99CMfQ37ApYALEoNkHnZcKN_Bi6VntaV6yqZsdU0K4MvNa6pTPvouWemp1849PiQU7_HEVaIJebWllULsgZDfKROXMj0qqq80ZL4jCrw9Ls/s826/IMG_20210224_150846.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUgLliLPKrnhE0Uxoa9bSqPrS29eX01HPDSR-vsoJRnukx-_fXtUj78Lc_QsHhdsiFeb4CUPMsxvNrAvx99CMfQ37ApYALEoNkHnZcKN_Bi6VntaV6yqZsdU0K4MvNa6pTPvouWemp1849PiQU7_HEVaIJebWllULsgZDfKROXMj0qqq80ZL4jCrw9Ls/w450-h640/IMG_20210224_150846.jpeg" width="450" /></a></div>I remember it was snowing and I took some photos on our way over to visit …<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5aan_903tpgKHbNadkUXbTreavNCQAwv-oe1LP3jI9bCpsXOUnw-HlCqM7pVUIj5zJxukEo43i-n7-KXZUDAbTNHNN6LjWDenX16SSY2KW1Wq6NGp0G1T3s7Bh5P0olGHSbdh5zJLf32uiqsohFBdhCi2WihP8hoFbRyABrWKRB8zFEZ-3scsefJyTc/s3894/IMG_20210124_115744.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3894" data-original-width="2904" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5aan_903tpgKHbNadkUXbTreavNCQAwv-oe1LP3jI9bCpsXOUnw-HlCqM7pVUIj5zJxukEo43i-n7-KXZUDAbTNHNN6LjWDenX16SSY2KW1Wq6NGp0G1T3s7Bh5P0olGHSbdh5zJLf32uiqsohFBdhCi2WihP8hoFbRyABrWKRB8zFEZ-3scsefJyTc/w478-h640/IMG_20210124_115744.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-e_9nTS_wfhu2jfUU6WAi5L_xDWPmXfEqGzJiZqB2KmAtfEX4fEZ7ZhIxxWODgJI7_VTvRF8wDWq2Rgl7KZldOWphm_ASwLXXM0oGXSLlWg0BkRW6-Z3A1J00voT8PTLcUwSWjr60F1Uic6sx36fMMVY43cWcpr_J8xQurndwa8kI4swlFDwLHZZhAE/s4160/IMG_20210124_120122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-e_9nTS_wfhu2jfUU6WAi5L_xDWPmXfEqGzJiZqB2KmAtfEX4fEZ7ZhIxxWODgJI7_VTvRF8wDWq2Rgl7KZldOWphm_ASwLXXM0oGXSLlWg0BkRW6-Z3A1J00voT8PTLcUwSWjr60F1Uic6sx36fMMVY43cWcpr_J8xQurndwa8kI4swlFDwLHZZhAE/w480-h640/IMG_20210124_120122.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7LGLv6G8sXW6fqpm0Hl2HNOeMeYwsVWD1FUPQPpdBgkkKhL1Pu5pUYv9lTYQtkVMZ43Sbn43c8FifgZq_mSN-Hhgta6PlwkvN4bqq4_yRP-XcUsiXEe6AK2ir-e_kylZ8m00CHfMp7LQm4Fz-qkcguBMXJtlKlZNo07Y9hYshMK7KEEEE1WCczsuQ58/s4160/IMG_20210124_120147.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7LGLv6G8sXW6fqpm0Hl2HNOeMeYwsVWD1FUPQPpdBgkkKhL1Pu5pUYv9lTYQtkVMZ43Sbn43c8FifgZq_mSN-Hhgta6PlwkvN4bqq4_yRP-XcUsiXEe6AK2ir-e_kylZ8m00CHfMp7LQm4Fz-qkcguBMXJtlKlZNo07Y9hYshMK7KEEEE1WCczsuQ58/w480-h640/IMG_20210124_120147.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>All in all it’s been a funny old January … in fact the words of the old Pilot song come to mind … <div><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">“January, sick and tired, you’ve been hanging on me”</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></blockquote>Having suffered with horrible colds over the New Year we are still not quite right. We are still doing plenty of coughing and, whilst we are now starting to get on with a few bits, it doesn’t take much exertion at all before we are both shattered. <div><br /></div><div>We’ve not really been anywhere or done anything since we go back from the lodge and it’s becoming a bit frustrating. </div><div><br /></div><div>For me January is normally a time for revelling in the lethargy of a dark, cold, wet month … whilst starting to get excited about plans for the coming year. </div><div><br /></div><div>This post couldn’t be more different to my post at pretty much the same time last year when we were cracking on and trying lots of new things. </div><div><br /></div><div>This year, so far, January has been about watching lots of stuff on the TV, a bit of reading, no housework, no gardening, not much blogging, not really seeing anyone, a couple of food bank shifts, getting up late and loads of laundry … including all the end of season lodge bedding. </div><div><br /></div><div>I’ve only taken one photo so far this year on my phone … and that was of last night’s tea …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Ht_lkO5hC7JOm1NarrfOct9cLIcdOKo6JkA4FvlJ_edaHlyp1cDMg8TWe_Xw2aGzM2YL0fXGJk5tJY5qaJVMeeqF5NecOnbXLScimFRL2vzgJlcRQUrDrlpgJ3MsOpgx7Asos6pwuTN5eLJcpmCTaUQf84OUcJX4ZQZfHnpt_0-fLBlx2haQT5CDBA/s4032/IMG_7635.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Ht_lkO5hC7JOm1NarrfOct9cLIcdOKo6JkA4FvlJ_edaHlyp1cDMg8TWe_Xw2aGzM2YL0fXGJk5tJY5qaJVMeeqF5NecOnbXLScimFRL2vzgJlcRQUrDrlpgJ3MsOpgx7Asos6pwuTN5eLJcpmCTaUQf84OUcJX4ZQZfHnpt_0-fLBlx2haQT5CDBA/w480-h640/IMG_7635.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Today I have finally motivated myself to spring clean one of the bedrooms and Martin has cleaned the upstairs windows. It has worn us both out and we are now just recuperating 🙈🙈🙈<div><br /></div><div>We have a clear diary for the next few days and I think we are going to try and slowly get ourselves going … write some lists … catch up with some jobs and maybe start to feel just a little bit more motivated. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully my next post will be a little bit more upbeat. </div><div><br /></div><div>I’ve just done a quick google for positive song lyrics for February but all I can find are lots of sad songs about relationship break ups so I’m opting to finish this post with a quote from Gertrude Jekyll …</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">“There is always in February one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer.”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">— Gertrude Jekyll</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Bring it on 😀</div></blockquote></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-56717607183261532322024-01-03T15:52:00.000+00:002024-01-03T15:52:10.039+00:00 2024 … Not quite the start we were hoping for 🙈 Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>Just thought I’d pop on with a quick one to wish you all a Happy New Year. </div><div><br /></div><div>I know some of you will be excitedly looking ahead to what the year will bring and I know some will be wondering how on earth you are going to get through it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whatever situation you find yourself in I hope you find the strength and support you need to make the best you can of every day … and that you are also able to recognise and take comfort from the love that you will undoubtedly be surrounded by 💜</div><div><br /></div><div>It’s been a bit of a strange start to the year for us. After Christmas spent at home meeting up with friends and family we decided to see in the New Year at our lodge in North Wales, with our good friends Jackie and Phil. What Martin and I weren’t planning on was being struck down by the most stinking of coughs and colds. The germy onslaught plus the almost incessant rain did kind of put a bit of a damper on things a bit. </div><div><br /></div><div>Jackie and Phil, who by some form of miracle did not seem to be targeted by the germs, headed for home yesterday and I can’t quite believe the view I currently have …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMxlmHUW2QCSBGcVJLUk3uuTZV9goeHZPKz66jUWfm5p09i-oSUmchfJ1Dj9JvWBAOAyEIPeNiXEkGUgLniZt-Ik_PgdJ6kgsZRaZ8thNEn_EeEy4EX6kG2BCTUSjW6Yct4wHKYwzge4QF9ajDjBZdKXRkejDF4DcepY9mglpSSBhemPs7wTpoFInBSs/s3601/IMG_7573.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3601" data-original-width="2701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMxlmHUW2QCSBGcVJLUk3uuTZV9goeHZPKz66jUWfm5p09i-oSUmchfJ1Dj9JvWBAOAyEIPeNiXEkGUgLniZt-Ik_PgdJ6kgsZRaZ8thNEn_EeEy4EX6kG2BCTUSjW6Yct4wHKYwzge4QF9ajDjBZdKXRkejDF4DcepY9mglpSSBhemPs7wTpoFInBSs/w480-h640/IMG_7573.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>It’s the first bit of sunshine we’ve seen since arriving last week. <div><br /></div><div>Martin and I are both still feeling pretty rough and he has retired back to bed for a nap and I’m not feeling like doing very much at all. </div><div><br /></div><div>In an effort not to beat by the lurgy we have been dosing up on every cough and cold remedy known to man and we did manage to get out and about a little bit whilst Jackie and Phil were here … starting with a visit to Penrhyn Castle to see the Christmas trees …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uahtL6k9W4ZOSyP9RRGe4DvAF04aI-dhmrRVbJY7SBEgV-FYAqbjAOv5w5lZ_opbLvDGkkAoLhdF-Zldz6ZRMeL_8lyyG3ftAoU9x56qOWNgaCOzKwGXk_94XVj23Va5U4WCm1CTBleaEl-k1JzEQuQNHKc0RWcTyXtajeuDDOb2EzAKntRaXiIDjZs/s4032/IMG_7562.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uahtL6k9W4ZOSyP9RRGe4DvAF04aI-dhmrRVbJY7SBEgV-FYAqbjAOv5w5lZ_opbLvDGkkAoLhdF-Zldz6ZRMeL_8lyyG3ftAoU9x56qOWNgaCOzKwGXk_94XVj23Va5U4WCm1CTBleaEl-k1JzEQuQNHKc0RWcTyXtajeuDDOb2EzAKntRaXiIDjZs/w480-h640/IMG_7562.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>After a quick visit to Pwllheli for a light lunch and a quick visit to the arcade we got back to the lodge nice and early. We were thinking a nap might be a good idea if we were hoping to last till midnight to see in the New Year. </div><div><br /></div><div>Fortunately we had been very organised with the planning of our New Year’s Eve meal, with it all pretty much being ready and waiting for us in the freezer. We were going for the best impact we could get for the least effort. </div><div><br /></div><div>We took our time over our meal of a scallop risotto served in large scallop shells … courtesy of Tesco Finest … followed by beef wellington, from our local butcher, dauphinoise potatoes, cauliflower cheese, carrots and peas. We even had a frozen millionaires caramel meringue courtesy of Asda. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whilst the beef wellingtons weren’t the best … we did enjoy our meal and it wasn’t a massive effort to put together. We managed to keep ourselves going with board games and quizzes until midnight when we saw the New Year in with Rick Astley and the London fireworks, which were fabulous. </div><div><br /></div><div>The usual NYE cocktail making went by the wayside, which was a shame as we’d taken everything with us we needed to have a good go, but I just wasn’t feeling like drinking at all. I think we ended up heading for bed at about 1.30am so we didn’t do too bad. </div><div><br /></div><div>On New Year’s Day we had a bit of a drive round Llanystumdwy and Llanbedrog before having a walk on Quarry Beach, hoping for some respite from the weather in The Sandbar, but it was just so busy that we gave it up as a bad job and came back here to raid the fridge instead. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had been planning on finishing Jackie and Phil’s visit off with a nice breakfast out somewhere but on the 2nd Martin and I were feeling even worse and it was absolutely throwing it down so they decided to just head off for home and we just lolled around all day, with Martin just venturing out for a drug top up and some tins of Heinz tomato soup. </div><div><br /></div><div>We’ve done pretty much the same today and the soup went down very nicely. I am really hoping that tomorrow we might start to feel a bit better 🤞🤞🤞</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-22091573267935558162023-12-24T10:31:00.000+00:002023-12-24T10:31:09.964+00:00Christmas at Attingham Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>For my last post before Christmas I thought I’d leave you with a bit of a festive feel from our visit to <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/attingham-park/christmas-at-attingham">Attingham Park</a> and their ‘All that Glitters’ event in the mansion house. </div><div><br /></div><div>Attingham is a National Trust property, which we pretty much pass on our way to our lodge in North Wales. We’d never visited before so thought this might be a good opportunity to check it out on a pre New Year visit across the border to check all was well. </div><div><br /></div><div>We’d booked a two hour time slot for our visit and also managed to book a mobility scooter for Martin … though in the end we could have managed without it as we were only really looking at the house … and the buggy service offered a door to door service. Whilst there are plenty of gardens and parkland to explore these were not on our agenda for this visit. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a lovely crisp winter’s day for our visit, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine …</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptsTFn83FfnFB3bHi-U6B8vKJF5Ar6H6zXclrQbtio_fzwW8B7jh0AuegGPXO6wNOChnutQv1x_Lc1ucos8guBdEfPjHaGCTOslLnQv7OpOxIB-wqCXdZM1nBGlVZYtcFc2P2gIX-Nu6E4wbaoG05ANh7wcCxwwrmWX_l2HEu4SX1BdJGhHTYzC_Tfxs/s4032/IMG_7424.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptsTFn83FfnFB3bHi-U6B8vKJF5Ar6H6zXclrQbtio_fzwW8B7jh0AuegGPXO6wNOChnutQv1x_Lc1ucos8guBdEfPjHaGCTOslLnQv7OpOxIB-wqCXdZM1nBGlVZYtcFc2P2gIX-Nu6E4wbaoG05ANh7wcCxwwrmWX_l2HEu4SX1BdJGhHTYzC_Tfxs/w480-h640/IMG_7424.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilupYS-PI_Sz70Zz58Qckq0eeMJqpPonCKzDaNwMqIG9v0IZS0B3tc2f8t4bpDMatSThHq0H1ITTmMwb9b1liSBnZ4UJf4qVpZgDUFmpOvLffIhORVX4vtUat_Bzq6RLr26Rt14oLYk2l3FSLlbVprdvfno4HJ4CJNysWnhr3Yw6NlmqRCuOSpMN8_exM/s4032/IMG_7423.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They were all decorated to reflect the theme of the room they were in and there were information board giving more detail. Unfortunately it was pretty busy so we didn’t really read the boards but the trees were all pretty spectacular … starting with this one in the entrance hall …</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwf_VQ9CC9UoRlBKRAGt_2efyR9UTEBz_EAEUSiPpuq9X7hDwC0QjwklSuJHubLhon4t7u4QEIjXZbWpp521Jr4JEdDVql2uIbq1lTPIAwC0che4_OItyssnlyZmS6Ctfsntaxdu1QOGYFC-VhDUEeOlxbP0ub5AaZxwDFGYd0t1owNSVHpNof0kIDWI/s4032/IMG_7366.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwf_VQ9CC9UoRlBKRAGt_2efyR9UTEBz_EAEUSiPpuq9X7hDwC0QjwklSuJHubLhon4t7u4QEIjXZbWpp521Jr4JEdDVql2uIbq1lTPIAwC0che4_OItyssnlyZmS6Ctfsntaxdu1QOGYFC-VhDUEeOlxbP0ub5AaZxwDFGYd0t1owNSVHpNof0kIDWI/w480-h640/IMG_7366.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYUjP72QPtGIoYiHGhINDb31vrB_VFwQgS-8AMqQghRM_W-UP5DCAxILqsy9pGaFWG0g22NfOs4DoibuM3yKDVaWRJYiF8zbHBYth156kQZ8VMYN1iMuQrD1tUosWc7HBe9xS-6N8U2pImB5hcmOC1KXzysxGjqQXUbt7-P_K3APs04OHUz3PpZvWAKQ/s4032/IMG_7364.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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In the dining room the display showed the aftermath of an after dinner altercation with one tree laying trashed on the floor. We did wonder if it had fallen over by accident until realised the intention …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-96mfKyAeoK6Zt8A3ModNPIGV9TOBW5H0BFTvWrSoaP66WHWMnY9Uq8tgcuIFVI6HPmp7ExJ6iejHNgZpgl46mVXxEdPkzxRDYSdDTSOLOm_kb8oLzuHqegAnRnLf6YlauZj5yKgCcbPBxI7m-2ZQXqXXVSzmZXJ8eX_kPIQ47cVjornGsJ0XOvYBPLw/s4032/IMG_7383.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-96mfKyAeoK6Zt8A3ModNPIGV9TOBW5H0BFTvWrSoaP66WHWMnY9Uq8tgcuIFVI6HPmp7ExJ6iejHNgZpgl46mVXxEdPkzxRDYSdDTSOLOm_kb8oLzuHqegAnRnLf6YlauZj5yKgCcbPBxI7m-2ZQXqXXVSzmZXJ8eX_kPIQ47cVjornGsJ0XOvYBPLw/w480-h640/IMG_7383.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The library …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPYcUEqH_U1ty7MQmJm9DgHsCTVW73NaBXLjNUjRzvd9i38ffEShyphenhyphenY3Q_iWKnFKAb0oQHIEq0ZeLpSWUpPZTj9YUBa-bma6DKuTT0FE9yh4VgH7midXUY_ps2PvgI24cenmfp934W2kmoTNXu8mtj7hqNC6W90QLZfQ1eURErChUZ6B2nxsvubJWc5kM/s4032/IMG_7385.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I can see us stopping off again another time to hopefully get to have a look at more of the gardens but for now it was a case of … next stop … North Wales 🎄🎄🎄<div><br /></div><div><div>Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks for following our adventures this year. We shall see you with more tales of our travels in 2024 😂</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳</div></div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-56452339883900980372023-12-20T10:49:00.000+00:002023-12-20T10:49:37.147+00:00A Birthday Weekend in North Wales Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>This year my birthday fell on the middle weekend of a two week November break at our lodge in North Wales. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We’d spent our first week just generally chilling out with a little bit of bimbling around but we had plenty on the cards for the weekend … with our good friends Jackie and Phil joining us for a few days. </div><div><br /></div><div>They arrived on the Thursday evening after a bit of a hairy journey through the mountains in the dark and the rain … but we were soon settled in with a slow cooker dinner, which had been bubbling away all day. </div><div><br /></div><div>The weather forecast for the weekend wasn’t brilliant but over the last year or so we have learned not to take too much notice and once again we were pleasantly surprised. </div><div><br /></div><div>On Friday we opted for a day in the mountains with a drive to Llanberis, where we started with a short walk through the woods to visit the lonesome tree …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This time we decided to drive up the very rough and narrow lane to the top of the falls, rather than do our usual walk along the river to the bottom. It was definitely worth the look from a different perspective …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRYVwzxA2asmDDW0EwK5MYR_j3KQUbDfulG2r-u0KCfgnkB1RlD6N2llrZno_xjR0NUqqpvNR-7KnNBJSA0UyMx4r9fGoeDWbbZjRA0xz0OfQrTwMw30bLKQGvQc6lkcNZFZRr23_MaoYpX9iMqkLadT-Qb8k09qQgTGjfdiCsXPCF1H34ChqFrhMDCc/s4032/IMG_7151.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRYVwzxA2asmDDW0EwK5MYR_j3KQUbDfulG2r-u0KCfgnkB1RlD6N2llrZno_xjR0NUqqpvNR-7KnNBJSA0UyMx4r9fGoeDWbbZjRA0xz0OfQrTwMw30bLKQGvQc6lkcNZFZRr23_MaoYpX9iMqkLadT-Qb8k09qQgTGjfdiCsXPCF1H34ChqFrhMDCc/w480-h640/IMG_7151.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbzkWncdP8CYRzA1FYiTYjXAViXMsd0eMu1lMWg7lW0O1N4tPlOSnL9yTVOCknXl-aM1oYaF5J0IUFpXq8uTuGZt6Q_Dc-7nbBGV0RRiW4W2ZcNjFiliHGBo99EBVaNY9owrP02SxmfNZ709BbK8vl7cOsg-QhVf9_w5wt2veiEVNIuUEJOXtYf9ttEg/s4032/IMG_7154.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbzkWncdP8CYRzA1FYiTYjXAViXMsd0eMu1lMWg7lW0O1N4tPlOSnL9yTVOCknXl-aM1oYaF5J0IUFpXq8uTuGZt6Q_Dc-7nbBGV0RRiW4W2ZcNjFiliHGBo99EBVaNY9owrP02SxmfNZ709BbK8vl7cOsg-QhVf9_w5wt2veiEVNIuUEJOXtYf9ttEg/w480-h640/IMG_7154.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>There were some great views of the railway from up there too …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1kR2bN1aerEKYtsvWyLsD5gtTYUx68Rdzm8mYmme7Z_MBQig1tqUuHAEE7gsE_Y1cFFLVvZVUMr13aWIhpYhXIn9XnRgLi42faxweX0mNnkQnKyv_pvIBEeHtynCYhF_i_A3wt0PziFBu7T3F9zXWMZ8GXHgNdSJw2crWadX1KIOH3cG_8j-WSQ2JOU/w480-h640/IMG_7153.jpeg" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKuji3MdwIGlxJB5pIYQPGoCIGqkS39AbAeOXr7qdm1pYLr8Xz3N7dm8dfE2ofBq86P3avowfVzKxnBJfBiVTHHgbzjFKQIHdb0byIHemci_YZZic16aJ8BF-ZikSnFkDdcxCNH_AmwzVxWifNgFjXoFiY8WJiUiBwsV5SbPfQa8pjxpnY9RRbQ12dk0/s4032/IMG_7155.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKuji3MdwIGlxJB5pIYQPGoCIGqkS39AbAeOXr7qdm1pYLr8Xz3N7dm8dfE2ofBq86P3avowfVzKxnBJfBiVTHHgbzjFKQIHdb0byIHemci_YZZic16aJ8BF-ZikSnFkDdcxCNH_AmwzVxWifNgFjXoFiY8WJiUiBwsV5SbPfQa8pjxpnY9RRbQ12dk0/w480-h640/IMG_7155.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y6GszVrvDkV2kXVKHWvj_qWDOrYeP8XZMTauQhWyRyTXm-ifglYsHRoHLLooOMlFEZ7W5qnJhcu_9tUNcbxQlGA36edmYcwF_nfd3wTujLugX_WcNh0OCHONk701JYPj2WMChtENviG8Qulu8LPK7UK7Wmkb_Rwa7T94-4sbQMDLnHVK-KAU1tbanPY/s4032/IMG_7156.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y6GszVrvDkV2kXVKHWvj_qWDOrYeP8XZMTauQhWyRyTXm-ifglYsHRoHLLooOMlFEZ7W5qnJhcu_9tUNcbxQlGA36edmYcwF_nfd3wTujLugX_WcNh0OCHONk701JYPj2WMChtENviG8Qulu8LPK7UK7Wmkb_Rwa7T94-4sbQMDLnHVK-KAU1tbanPY/w480-h640/IMG_7156.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>By now we were all shattered and ready for home … where an evening of pizza, chat and quizzing awaited. </div><div><br /></div><div>We’d managed to dodge the few showers that materialised and had a really lovely day. There really is so much to see and do in Llanberis. It’s definitely one of our favourite spots when we fancy a day out a bit further afield 😀</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-77134419639880715212023-12-18T10:28:00.000+00:002023-12-18T10:28:44.725+00:00Half Term Fun Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>We managed to have another day with Bobby over the October half term and whilst we didn’t do much or go far we had another lovely day. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was another morning of baking. This time we adapted our biscuit cutters and made gingerbread skeletons and skulls … in honour of the season …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeftfedPLV8uYED35P4Te8JdT7lNvKYr6B6oh1tIo3viAmSgYuW_l_DP8haJ0t8ZQd15K4ekLamRBpqZcwobW2zoTqk4h_tZ3E9uce-qL1Kupv1g1rgdMmXSQ-8fQAj5sy6ylRAi_hhBSmToVDkRkzquPVTzUWQfW4wE-flV5TfKiD6N7CdURcecf97g/s4032/IMG_6977.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeftfedPLV8uYED35P4Te8JdT7lNvKYr6B6oh1tIo3viAmSgYuW_l_DP8haJ0t8ZQd15K4ekLamRBpqZcwobW2zoTqk4h_tZ3E9uce-qL1Kupv1g1rgdMmXSQ-8fQAj5sy6ylRAi_hhBSmToVDkRkzquPVTzUWQfW4wE-flV5TfKiD6N7CdURcecf97g/w480-h640/IMG_6977.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We did decorate them but for some reason I didn’t take any more photos. <div><br /></div><div>After we’d finished baking we headed out to a local donkey sanctuary which was literally just up the road. As my sister had her granddaughter Nancy for the day we met them there. </div><div><br /></div><div>We’d had lots of rain and everywhere was very muddy but we made the best of it … starting with cuddles with some baby bunnies …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEJxtsZeHCRflhiceWBSRtYq_cmIhSeirKgUoP32vkSjCoCOkMYx1Sq6rBWaylaDt1DS5b2s_vvMwqDVtapeLUlHJQVrBGXy5EVxDcaizSR_in7C5NWHwO396htT6as3Xy7Ie0Fb1S2LNGm9AuSETYX8JEc3cE_nMZYjnlGgj4A2LA-DkjBFnBzgz_qc/s4032/IMG_6983.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEJxtsZeHCRflhiceWBSRtYq_cmIhSeirKgUoP32vkSjCoCOkMYx1Sq6rBWaylaDt1DS5b2s_vvMwqDVtapeLUlHJQVrBGXy5EVxDcaizSR_in7C5NWHwO396htT6as3Xy7Ie0Fb1S2LNGm9AuSETYX8JEc3cE_nMZYjnlGgj4A2LA-DkjBFnBzgz_qc/w480-h640/IMG_6983.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were some very hungry goats …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmesO3VmUjC3xwVcxYHoHq8rI8viqBxaotXHglegpvZQj45OY79Hwp6GMdvBDY_BUIxGPcDlMnavWpIiXhVohF_ckxFnj4glYVJuXLUaZFqEYGWXdABgtPhDAXdsgZMnK0Z8YQSb8wT7eNHU5TDIGfp7_fATu6oHDCvrlpf4WviJ3Iq7FjhPgj0EJRn4/s4032/IMG_6995.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmesO3VmUjC3xwVcxYHoHq8rI8viqBxaotXHglegpvZQj45OY79Hwp6GMdvBDY_BUIxGPcDlMnavWpIiXhVohF_ckxFnj4glYVJuXLUaZFqEYGWXdABgtPhDAXdsgZMnK0Z8YQSb8wT7eNHU5TDIGfp7_fATu6oHDCvrlpf4WviJ3Iq7FjhPgj0EJRn4/w640-h480/IMG_6995.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6730annjBiVeYKYejJPWhO_cN9_Xypm6iFWwGasgq2aW6maVw2WjBv4Y3tTs7bg82Q4X9MIb5vCWomckaJsMY4PIQ8UQmao4CWPGLEvzUTkkmlKJECvr0DU0pSkWmWVwsC7qVUXXLW3ZcWobLsxCgPdm0ZXcT96i5qEIjMKuOTOFx9diA3BezPaIAQc/s4032/IMG_6999.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As it was so cold we just stayed for about an hour and decided to head to the local garden centre for lunch and a look at the Christmas decorations. <div><br /></div><div>Once back home there was just time to quickly decorate the gingerbread before it was time to take Bobby home. </div><div><br /></div><div>Although we’d not gone far we’d had another lovely day and can’t wait till our next time on Bobby minding duties 😀😀😀</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕 🥕🥕🥕</div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-66318750721503585742023-12-11T10:24:00.000+00:002023-12-11T10:24:43.126+00:00Lodge Life :: October 2023Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>In October we managed to fit in a week at the lodge with mum. We took a different route from usual both on the way there and back … opting for going through Llangollen and taking a scenic drive up over The Horseshoe Pass …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoBahNvnzMQS2YgLFJM35AHfOGu_vwu5JRa_GRaRzlAUKieu1YZ_ANh1U8MlKEICt1R1Osf0ZraYTmDGx-RfrpNhPwnGU4iwBD9Ea6V8WR-RYPQNkwQLxPwrlkM__RIMMt-63uO_sZSi_en0l6ujNWtdCv1gDBClF2kJXfS1S1sbh2IUu5z6dCfZRVrs/s4032/IMG_6859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoBahNvnzMQS2YgLFJM35AHfOGu_vwu5JRa_GRaRzlAUKieu1YZ_ANh1U8MlKEICt1R1Osf0ZraYTmDGx-RfrpNhPwnGU4iwBD9Ea6V8WR-RYPQNkwQLxPwrlkM__RIMMt-63uO_sZSi_en0l6ujNWtdCv1gDBClF2kJXfS1S1sbh2IUu5z6dCfZRVrs/w480-h640/IMG_6859.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw0AvYCsJ1OkfKUMXEXimmOoFCAMHUeLNpIem8e8fA-s-HqdqwlBoYbziD00v-YZTmqqTJGOmtH4ODH7_JVskw3etW4USkUtwKwKORMifGXNwD01HgA0vnxytwb1ZN-Np56Z5D577P2RD73I-KvD03LVEanhFRkzI-pNYGnoafRlmQXIVgCa7TbQau4Q/s4032/IMG_6862.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw0AvYCsJ1OkfKUMXEXimmOoFCAMHUeLNpIem8e8fA-s-HqdqwlBoYbziD00v-YZTmqqTJGOmtH4ODH7_JVskw3etW4USkUtwKwKORMifGXNwD01HgA0vnxytwb1ZN-Np56Z5D577P2RD73I-KvD03LVEanhFRkzI-pNYGnoafRlmQXIVgCa7TbQau4Q/w640-h480/IMG_6862.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>We didn’t do lots on this visit but did manage a couple of days out and about starting with a visit to Porthmadog. We detoured along the front in Cricieth to take in the views …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXlRTm8Fp9V5GMEazjUadBFA4sQrGLrGyVw0QXIQF8XZiPBLvRxdYtriP69J09r0FaKWjIo_7fyuZ6YcqtmzM1ed5eu26xjLwqyFDAPAlvIA1FAhEJhKvlXItxEa53haJzhHK7PrK00KDEjmOM9cWiuQed1l4zoKvlMCukIykM79vbbl5SaxoknNm8dc/s4032/IMG_6867.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXlRTm8Fp9V5GMEazjUadBFA4sQrGLrGyVw0QXIQF8XZiPBLvRxdYtriP69J09r0FaKWjIo_7fyuZ6YcqtmzM1ed5eu26xjLwqyFDAPAlvIA1FAhEJhKvlXItxEa53haJzhHK7PrK00KDEjmOM9cWiuQed1l4zoKvlMCukIykM79vbbl5SaxoknNm8dc/w480-h640/IMG_6867.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjKh9De1brOD7Evy7N6vp9tS7z_MjIxBiHpt1XewPtvfvPt36uruQikH5A7eKsUNF6VK5ZjMMIQIjBFk63RbeBsiOPiWTIM4kXT4IHzoXSmcyeOGyzTQCkAxA_9I6io-toly1L7Lmh5B5ppR9aACkQXZf_Q0Po5EsP6nL6Hvd3ILJAs0rhxd11grmW_w/s4032/IMG_6868.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was the first time we’d been to have a look and, though not as pretty as the Ffestiniog, there was a train in … it was absolutely immaculate …</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACRXUhHa_XMiWL_4lnycwtOYMEgsWmVWUbxWopv_DLlI6BpvD-V20Ll_r7x3eWTwZSgCfsjHeF_fz0PqGPuyayepvFKnVFSTNNhYZft4hyGHnxHJl1PNHm-T9UPRGhj7rEPQLw2szA5hQwHa6acTdQ-rK-gvHyPXM1USUgp6WuSbQHqTanRP2yB5J_k8/s4032/IMG_6890.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACRXUhHa_XMiWL_4lnycwtOYMEgsWmVWUbxWopv_DLlI6BpvD-V20Ll_r7x3eWTwZSgCfsjHeF_fz0PqGPuyayepvFKnVFSTNNhYZft4hyGHnxHJl1PNHm-T9UPRGhj7rEPQLw2szA5hQwHa6acTdQ-rK-gvHyPXM1USUgp6WuSbQHqTanRP2yB5J_k8/w480-h640/IMG_6890.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIht-Eglu6ocwbkdZ1oWktZ__jpiRqj_T3WvQmAnKr2u_UD3KynLC3UxKlgdk8h4y9ts1ykBahJs_aiTdfvy1jIaTkp141OeNQZPOWazwlz7VWuWRsayaPvYcJTp9kqWJl-HhRmpRLs87m0I0NeQPuFKamCiNBoraBJUASjxHsLIlkXC0HYuQ6DPzZVg/s4032/IMG_6891.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Bd0vbMWMKh3CWlcrhNOaDPZXzKYaFpaXHO_C2qgUtlbUi1CyX6Pn2gHh1qHf1yG9UgGaGsUqyRLF_Hfwi_yi9nIYDIL7kNqUq6ut5LnmJeU-4lmPQ48rXg-JETpu-SR02jOh9uouoQIkyUC4Nqa0vRP_zMaouF_tJuNL938KzNp6QbmTceq8W_TOi0/w480-h640/IMG_6908.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Having had our fill of steam trains for the day we headed for home, with a quick call in at Borth y Gest for a sandwich with a view on the way …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMV4FnYtKhruKnYa_7FZNmVeG-4HNcd54sxXET8b-9c00qtasJr-zA25ttzE9JxLJfjvOpmwfsJEf5fOGE3uLFWS-m7zPh5H8iPit08NHckG5OcYwAYmgvcwjIHqDz5Qsf-wo5l-M2qcpXowKgRTZiCnSQLDaCqFUXMm94As8669H0mx1fQQcpwQpg-c/s4032/IMG_6910.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMV4FnYtKhruKnYa_7FZNmVeG-4HNcd54sxXET8b-9c00qtasJr-zA25ttzE9JxLJfjvOpmwfsJEf5fOGE3uLFWS-m7zPh5H8iPit08NHckG5OcYwAYmgvcwjIHqDz5Qsf-wo5l-M2qcpXowKgRTZiCnSQLDaCqFUXMm94As8669H0mx1fQQcpwQpg-c/w640-h480/IMG_6910.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our other big day out was to Penrhyn Castle …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Somewhere else we’ve been meaning to have a look at for a long time but had never quite got round to it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Entry is free and we were pleasantly surprised at how much there was to see … starting with a look round the Chief Engineer’s House …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygJZl1jIWAHcIZm3wDPhayU1S8n5VL-7imd3KT3N85fTLs1y28ekRBXmEpEm0VfJuhiqpA5egaX15WI4CsPqYcDmRDykVN6OKXnSL9Dpdd-VFqgCAdWhpIpN3pxXdCLoNAOLpwQcetaByQLOZTzI5Jo40MC9AY_S3n91c7WOBaspitlnGj97M2AlnAzQ/s4032/IMG_6717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygJZl1jIWAHcIZm3wDPhayU1S8n5VL-7imd3KT3N85fTLs1y28ekRBXmEpEm0VfJuhiqpA5egaX15WI4CsPqYcDmRDykVN6OKXnSL9Dpdd-VFqgCAdWhpIpN3pxXdCLoNAOLpwQcetaByQLOZTzI5Jo40MC9AY_S3n91c7WOBaspitlnGj97M2AlnAzQ/w480-h640/IMG_6717.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The main yard is fascinating and full of lots of stuff to look at …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBABnQpb0Zw0zaPWdSsdff9buPPdfY6v4Mf6cUx_sGeN-bIHN-EefT84usR1fb9H1qkAkXniIteH4VFc7Dl7s8SnNxUvg-X9wUGG8rMXvUQAZmDWcBbQTONbQ1QX8lobG9m2NDyM7cwkOdXias5HDzMD45MmF9GzIvbVwpvuI0n_6fJr0cdJfhAsddoGo/s4032/IMG_6712.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBABnQpb0Zw0zaPWdSsdff9buPPdfY6v4Mf6cUx_sGeN-bIHN-EefT84usR1fb9H1qkAkXniIteH4VFc7Dl7s8SnNxUvg-X9wUGG8rMXvUQAZmDWcBbQTONbQ1QX8lobG9m2NDyM7cwkOdXias5HDzMD45MmF9GzIvbVwpvuI0n_6fJr0cdJfhAsddoGo/w480-h640/IMG_6712.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh7qqgI3cCsMFpTDHbM754VnECsi4r8BMGMvmHnc-w2z6xxCd-Otm3D8e0peI1xhjacgkeJDAKm0IgOUTAZQR6HY_tBXJilNSnHu6KpHMh3NG7f7XoC2v-cJI3r_cG8-05zBc2dLusUZnG7BTjaWjsiS0NMi8PMxJrZvltfu8xBQCspp_0pldSdug0Ug/s4032/IMG_6715.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh7qqgI3cCsMFpTDHbM754VnECsi4r8BMGMvmHnc-w2z6xxCd-Otm3D8e0peI1xhjacgkeJDAKm0IgOUTAZQR6HY_tBXJilNSnHu6KpHMh3NG7f7XoC2v-cJI3r_cG8-05zBc2dLusUZnG7BTjaWjsiS0NMi8PMxJrZvltfu8xBQCspp_0pldSdug0Ug/w480-h640/IMG_6715.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>It’s surrounded by rooms showing videos and demonstrations and rooms set out as they would have been when the slate quarry was at its heyday. </div><div><br /></div><div>The self guided tour took us through to the rear yard where we found the Quarrymen’s Houses which you can go inside and see what life would have been like for families in 1861, 1901 and 1969. It was just like visiting great grandma’s old house …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nT-wE-zkc5QDW8RHoBav5423YatH3da1eZ83nuoDGqvlTVOEHqNAUGyXEiXM46cUtIHTA1iLflaZsHU5SKaOc9kq_vPvBwyfqdD72fH9Y7PffSuziquCH6UVPhg74g06A76WhCM9Rd1Cv9wpt-PLBVke-UgqndA-JwEll-vjvmudHFvHrOEEtckVJ2I/s4032/IMG_6699.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nT-wE-zkc5QDW8RHoBav5423YatH3da1eZ83nuoDGqvlTVOEHqNAUGyXEiXM46cUtIHTA1iLflaZsHU5SKaOc9kq_vPvBwyfqdD72fH9Y7PffSuziquCH6UVPhg74g06A76WhCM9Rd1Cv9wpt-PLBVke-UgqndA-JwEll-vjvmudHFvHrOEEtckVJ2I/w480-h640/IMG_6699.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBtOK5kmcf6XejK8L-69m7HhuxHzcysKziuU1334dn1DD1Jp8d14fgcmBY5DRdnQ8drimPPwQEiDxXvb8dsMBT1xz55orhI9eE9ZG2QqD_vVLixjsWaOI5M0arcdrWJeBLs3A4AikWWAjowQ3A1jh4btAQI_gEwbGHDO1wxtcJWi0QcyEd_yATO5FjF0/s4032/IMG_6700.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I’m sure we will get to see it in its true state of lonesomeness at some point. <div><br /></div><div>We’d had a really lovely day. We’ve been to Llanberis a number of times and it had been lovely to find so many new things to see and explore … and all totally free of charge … how cool is that 😎</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-13558606746703237112023-11-27T18:12:00.001+00:002023-11-27T18:12:16.806+00:00Lodge Life :: September 2023 #1 … A Drive through the Mountains Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>We ended up just managing a weeks stay at the lodge in September and it ended up being pretty much all about the mountains this time. </div><div><br /></div><div>In fact I think our only visit to the coast was to try out a different fish and chip shop in Cricieth … which was a real winner …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We weren’t disappointed …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRFTeXj0NORXXqWA6sIMgEjec6XFT1ewynkc7CzEc_nT8OQ-sqCJ8x4iXGuXWkSipJ6DqqkGW2kmHE-Y6G68IOlkApHlcogWEAxfisj2ED8nmPnYYMSXWUNpSPg9jHLcURWyRLjn-CR2M20WW_gEf_m8KT4xD_LyAQb2kmmxUrItgdfbaYCUcEXezVwA/s4032/IMG_6681.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRFTeXj0NORXXqWA6sIMgEjec6XFT1ewynkc7CzEc_nT8OQ-sqCJ8x4iXGuXWkSipJ6DqqkGW2kmHE-Y6G68IOlkApHlcogWEAxfisj2ED8nmPnYYMSXWUNpSPg9jHLcURWyRLjn-CR2M20WW_gEf_m8KT4xD_LyAQb2kmmxUrItgdfbaYCUcEXezVwA/w480-h640/IMG_6681.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*********************************************</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-13154729560271598742023-11-20T14:41:00.001+00:002023-11-20T14:41:21.608+00:00Exploring :: Warwick Castle in the Rain Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>An absolute age ago now I bought some discounted price tickets for Warwick Castle for Mum, Martin and I. It was following a tip from Martin Lewis and it was through either Visit Britain or Visit England … I can’t quite remember which now. But I do remember they were only £6 each which was a real bargain as full price adult tickets for Warwick Castle actually cost nearly £40. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say if we hadn’t booked ahead we probably wouldn’t have gone as the weather forecast for the day of our visit was absolutely shocking and there was no doubt we were going to be getting wet. </div><div><br /></div><div>As it was pretty quiet we did at least manage to park in the closest car park and we had all come prepared for the weather …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAjj_raLJgaAXcdnojJNGOuUc-wRuh2Wwjw-gImFkZrl6XRbgXycAPPtEuUh5fOG3GI4mx6Xf9JSEaF4U5cx1PCsSSLiFodj8Yavk5fP5cjDIeh9Dwz4xabxlUYa2NXOIUjOuZavy4UvoyyCyjoYS9YG9_sjF7BIsdo3MBe4aYXSAlCHv5AdiEYc5lqs/s3088/IMG_6554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAjj_raLJgaAXcdnojJNGOuUc-wRuh2Wwjw-gImFkZrl6XRbgXycAPPtEuUh5fOG3GI4mx6Xf9JSEaF4U5cx1PCsSSLiFodj8Yavk5fP5cjDIeh9Dwz4xabxlUYa2NXOIUjOuZavy4UvoyyCyjoYS9YG9_sjF7BIsdo3MBe4aYXSAlCHv5AdiEYc5lqs/w480-h640/IMG_6554.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Once all booked in we picked up a mobility scooter for Martin, which was a real bonus as there is quite a lot of ground to cover and we headed for the castle to make the most of what we could see indoors whilst the weather was so bad …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Mum and I took the short route … <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy0por38Bpr86QUs6YPcnePJ85GphpULtg8qmXZeZxZo4I-8lP-AChRh21L_M6Puruafe6JKG53Nl7-iXKwWOWhzHzIFJHezjkFQ7IPRdywIwfBHHA0ud_gDmGwhh8TFtpHp_58BoCM5aa8lI0ka63c4GtnBtHE2Tk0M-emcfieupFKndBHrMTHKfk-c/s4032/IMG_6611.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy0por38Bpr86QUs6YPcnePJ85GphpULtg8qmXZeZxZo4I-8lP-AChRh21L_M6Puruafe6JKG53Nl7-iXKwWOWhzHzIFJHezjkFQ7IPRdywIwfBHHA0ud_gDmGwhh8TFtpHp_58BoCM5aa8lI0ka63c4GtnBtHE2Tk0M-emcfieupFKndBHrMTHKfk-c/w480-h640/IMG_6611.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Martin, on the other hand, had to take a more circuitous route …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHykXoAiti-8AUGF2-oMQp1sC9NjolNFDD5_Sou0SJ7mJhK-fcQwA0Kl7TQVz9x2P8uL9ygs4WKirpuQGvV3i8HGHOiWcbJN4ZKPy29gkY4UQwR4_XKYGHKnHxYscqE9MQiOQ0duWkN_ObTfPQ1GDxzNFxdfymWmwt_2t0DAtZ25UrM0dkfELcgxKxqgU/s1735/IMG_7211.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HS-nG5IOhJP2E510IxtR55IBDLpeJppcY-SgsJIUaChZHLYPUrsfVWUg1-1_2LgWdYWmu2bmZzix6jT79QFJlVJ2JePOEISNoGi1i87iYo3XIBtVzi9mE3SadFuT1lgmsSXInKpiZbcOCi-qKEjMorFl_XrHTw8jrwTu-903A2fdsgpytr70f5ovyLw/w480-h640/IMG_6622.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We had a look round the engine house before bracing ourselves for the walk back up the steps … which was a bit of a grueller …</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtYRcSiMI5sewRiuRHOtJnc25J22RhHuhg9ErHwQ0dSjLTcvEfkLZ3Q19rLDZD_YNeH_xrUSAPiUuFP5f21AnGoVKSf14Gm2-m3hDKg9OzFg1kTRXsG86jP2Po8qDj4o0ycrSRy1BCD4zEfLADMdOhSX-4KVPpkROVYWahsPmngiNZSkiUVFFmVcdHCk/s4032/IMG_6617.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtYRcSiMI5sewRiuRHOtJnc25J22RhHuhg9ErHwQ0dSjLTcvEfkLZ3Q19rLDZD_YNeH_xrUSAPiUuFP5f21AnGoVKSf14Gm2-m3hDKg9OzFg1kTRXsG86jP2Po8qDj4o0ycrSRy1BCD4zEfLADMdOhSX-4KVPpkROVYWahsPmngiNZSkiUVFFmVcdHCk/w480-h640/IMG_6617.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We decided to call it a day and headed back to the main entrance to hand back Martin’s trusty chariot and to find that … as a result of the castle’s wet weather guarantee … we could visit again within the next 60 days for just £1. It was unlikely that we would fit another visit in but good to know that we could if we fancied it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whilst none of us would have chosen to visit in the pouring rain we all agreed that we’d still managed to have a lovely day and had actually only really got wet right at the end so it was definitely a day well spent 😀</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-21707874327536764622023-11-13T11:38:00.001+00:002023-11-13T11:38:52.669+00:00Ice Cream & a Paddle Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>We are currently tucked up in the lodge in North Wales being buffeted by storm Debi and it seems a long time ago now … but back at the beginning of September we had a glorious warm sunny day and I just had a craving for ice cream and paddling. </div><div><br /></div><div>There was only one place near enough that would fit the bill so we jumped in the car and headed for Milldale in The Peak District. </div><div><br /></div><div>About an hour later and we were parked up by the river in Milldale marvelling at the feathery cloud formations above …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBOCjnz39bcDoIqJoKqLpXy4kZcNZv6Ul7HhHB7BR2OU5o5HiJUzlYvOS1fAPrjcnIKbr9Ocr9uzqrFEsLv2qZA-Syz9DzHjGcj3Lqbcyf7EDM__0bVVgk6AxQc2i4CYnNoq2CuaYSX4bjwIrzlISu1qMrH9MZgciQGHmjwsPpXThTL2vTCxxjr_jVq8/s4032/IMG_6520.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBOCjnz39bcDoIqJoKqLpXy4kZcNZv6Ul7HhHB7BR2OU5o5HiJUzlYvOS1fAPrjcnIKbr9Ocr9uzqrFEsLv2qZA-Syz9DzHjGcj3Lqbcyf7EDM__0bVVgk6AxQc2i4CYnNoq2CuaYSX4bjwIrzlISu1qMrH9MZgciQGHmjwsPpXThTL2vTCxxjr_jVq8/w480-h640/IMG_6520.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Milldale is a lovely little Peak District village. It’s sits right beside the River Dove with just a few pretty stone cottages …<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOcnhr4_5NxnHKpmaM1yMBqnBtW4kjH8AK5QmHyk1_tObyVxq4nOgIC5PsEJx73yg4tLr1kPq9kCSLZTHgyIwZPBMKLTQW7y0b50k2_jX_amGkBv6L2y6jxC5ucmT5tlOrZsqOlm5GkqtkfkTi_23_1RBoOUU47HnTlATHdLdYr-0Nz-nYQn0HcNDRzg/s3766/IMG_6504.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3766" data-original-width="2824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOcnhr4_5NxnHKpmaM1yMBqnBtW4kjH8AK5QmHyk1_tObyVxq4nOgIC5PsEJx73yg4tLr1kPq9kCSLZTHgyIwZPBMKLTQW7y0b50k2_jX_amGkBv6L2y6jxC5ucmT5tlOrZsqOlm5GkqtkfkTi_23_1RBoOUU47HnTlATHdLdYr-0Nz-nYQn0HcNDRzg/w480-h640/IMG_6504.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">… including Polly’s Cottage … which does the best ice cream ever …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZPMi-7ARH3tRhfrjWgSyzdrdXx_LQ7dAZ3KtKUn0swdqCt5wNchAOyze2LAB8yoZOifmwlhQYO1UCUsOKeZQ-jQQnCRAWp8BIjFmI9VzgoS47oWh9K3gRiaLQGQU1P_zPiOV2HLb7DB6kX05n9DROnnNqnX2KlJl5fbjE7fU94AJkjVABhWheVxrRWA/s4032/IMG_6506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZPMi-7ARH3tRhfrjWgSyzdrdXx_LQ7dAZ3KtKUn0swdqCt5wNchAOyze2LAB8yoZOifmwlhQYO1UCUsOKeZQ-jQQnCRAWp8BIjFmI9VzgoS47oWh9K3gRiaLQGQU1P_zPiOV2HLb7DB6kX05n9DROnnNqnX2KlJl5fbjE7fU94AJkjVABhWheVxrRWA/w480-h640/IMG_6506.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We soon found a bench with a view and availed ourselves of Polly’s services …<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdJz-tXhZj2FJ5iSYhZyrvnQKR-wqY76Jz9bZulS8LTWvonNAKYicizM7X3fwe8qY6FNKCrpcF0MW_l4maMPnwhyphenhyphenV46XGJlcBjYwyjTkUc8oqF0VJx4fT18_29PM5H0Ibe55rvcqj4v4zaH6xlm8I0kgwm5j7lBKYs9UvyQ3fYi7MfX9WKy5rL7Lcvog/s4032/IMG_6507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdJz-tXhZj2FJ5iSYhZyrvnQKR-wqY76Jz9bZulS8LTWvonNAKYicizM7X3fwe8qY6FNKCrpcF0MW_l4maMPnwhyphenhyphenV46XGJlcBjYwyjTkUc8oqF0VJx4fT18_29PM5H0Ibe55rvcqj4v4zaH6xlm8I0kgwm5j7lBKYs9UvyQ3fYi7MfX9WKy5rL7Lcvog/w640-h480/IMG_6507.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoy16jnbwdNmWdc3S-2qOaIoHkgIG_xso9xv7NUCji9jwc8mw2wemXmYqqR-TVxTXCwFOm9FPJqsAUHqxd5AQlJr-m6jlMEh4nRBKHlVOzPXgWWoJ6xWDf3GY53wnxyho3TipsrUsIpYP9g1RGCg-9OLF08FNu-82OpZI0Vf-atiLC3oTTDLAiK_g0T8/s4032/IMG_6514.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoy16jnbwdNmWdc3S-2qOaIoHkgIG_xso9xv7NUCji9jwc8mw2wemXmYqqR-TVxTXCwFOm9FPJqsAUHqxd5AQlJr-m6jlMEh4nRBKHlVOzPXgWWoJ6xWDf3GY53wnxyho3TipsrUsIpYP9g1RGCg-9OLF08FNu-82OpZI0Vf-atiLC3oTTDLAiK_g0T8/w480-h640/IMG_6514.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>You can paddle here but it’s a bit of steep step down into the water so we just had a very short walk over the Viator’s Bridge …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrKhBurQUpwrwAbZPj3fOghRRgaU-GBrC7HkWpW87H18vL-2NAkniKMKnn5k15JVcf9uvRj9pcW6ql2D93mEnb9J2NM-o1LjspTt8bW6q-1VnzyPXRJvBU88Bs6fvJ7TS2ASYeOqZrY83E02bjiwXmHSoDDYdiKHWnHjGY3mBHmNyQ43Nrn-AezHhfZs/s4032/IMG_6508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrKhBurQUpwrwAbZPj3fOghRRgaU-GBrC7HkWpW87H18vL-2NAkniKMKnn5k15JVcf9uvRj9pcW6ql2D93mEnb9J2NM-o1LjspTt8bW6q-1VnzyPXRJvBU88Bs6fvJ7TS2ASYeOqZrY83E02bjiwXmHSoDDYdiKHWnHjGY3mBHmNyQ43Nrn-AezHhfZs/w480-h640/IMG_6508.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and back again …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4vwfpUaT7jILg1-y5FRaktoFMJoYlOWmv7Xy5GPVoHIyPW3NOFRKcaDPMRdLbgxcfgV2UgDFGfeqZUN2IFwfa9UbwcZQvZeFFYYa12cbuWJmbleISMPsdM7amReY7BWTkUgUJSleZdUTjoqT4wZCLF4AC5C36UMymyJZwGIq_ZTEXQ6WHpwwhVfPMx8/s4032/IMG_6512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4vwfpUaT7jILg1-y5FRaktoFMJoYlOWmv7Xy5GPVoHIyPW3NOFRKcaDPMRdLbgxcfgV2UgDFGfeqZUN2IFwfa9UbwcZQvZeFFYYa12cbuWJmbleISMPsdM7amReY7BWTkUgUJSleZdUTjoqT4wZCLF4AC5C36UMymyJZwGIq_ZTEXQ6WHpwwhVfPMx8/w480-h640/IMG_6512.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… before heading for my favourite spot for paddling at Wetton Mill …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6z8oj3D1smY_suMro5I2Nd49Eg5QGVJ5n30opKmNgnV2Mo1xzwP7lX8MNmyCBpm1weGeiA8g1WaOBbT2zmlm_Eekh-34T0AMjv4ZrBGGo4xNki4fmHm7q6CyBGu1IYOXmqYA_r16AWZnYqReODpuAwY4rxPUrtxR81rfisE4wK7GE-YgR1IZ07H9tDI/s4032/IMG_6521.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6z8oj3D1smY_suMro5I2Nd49Eg5QGVJ5n30opKmNgnV2Mo1xzwP7lX8MNmyCBpm1weGeiA8g1WaOBbT2zmlm_Eekh-34T0AMjv4ZrBGGo4xNki4fmHm7q6CyBGu1IYOXmqYA_r16AWZnYqReODpuAwY4rxPUrtxR81rfisE4wK7GE-YgR1IZ07H9tDI/w480-h640/IMG_6521.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>It’s another lovely little spot … this time on the River Manifold. There’s a very nice cafe with seating by the river which has been a very welcome resting spot over the years …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3DzdZUBM0NgwbcviO_IKiT6XrDWJm2IJ7xxHrjK_-yNGuTxjeiVYRFOOwrKGQLy9lslwEYUfRq8BarUOj68hydCdR-jxzpQoFU9sT5MnDCtgESCkoXU9Sszbb86Yi5PAZNTNr0C1zO4LfmlzHc4KQR55sp7TPmnnzO6-78Qz6XWb9CV3esuBvcERu0s/s4032/IMG_6525.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3DzdZUBM0NgwbcviO_IKiT6XrDWJm2IJ7xxHrjK_-yNGuTxjeiVYRFOOwrKGQLy9lslwEYUfRq8BarUOj68hydCdR-jxzpQoFU9sT5MnDCtgESCkoXU9Sszbb86Yi5PAZNTNr0C1zO4LfmlzHc4KQR55sp7TPmnnzO6-78Qz6XWb9CV3esuBvcERu0s/w640-h480/IMG_6525.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ1AhyphenhyphenDYcspb4LI2LbhYW_keDUEWiNbF0Ia6R6gwror0765ejKr_sEdJs36N95rHoUWz9mcjX22z2uB_UUeHsRgBpjivGvqc3o039oQAOIK8MEtYc47B7oKOuW6lVz-EQxZ7KG8MyysSPxVhf6qOkImVaayYlziiDAGwpuiP2zUa3ofu6pk22JloxJ8o/s4032/IMG_6526.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ1AhyphenhyphenDYcspb4LI2LbhYW_keDUEWiNbF0Ia6R6gwror0765ejKr_sEdJs36N95rHoUWz9mcjX22z2uB_UUeHsRgBpjivGvqc3o039oQAOIK8MEtYc47B7oKOuW6lVz-EQxZ7KG8MyysSPxVhf6qOkImVaayYlziiDAGwpuiP2zUa3ofu6pk22JloxJ8o/w640-h480/IMG_6526.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The last time I went here for a paddle I went into the river on the far side of the bridge and paddled under the bridge and right along to the slope in front of the cafe. This time I was feeling less confident and the steep step down to the river and rocky river bed made me very cautious. I literally just had a quick dip of my toes in by the slope … I must be getting old …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBT_HA4KNInPJEcuUY8GffLqvCOPYmjHLvonsf191plEf2ElqT1mRyOCTLrzFH7ww7QGrNx2jXvL_YdtjsExIkst3qcIKYYSoIOVDOE_waPfeHTQl4OIqydWbS3mJSK_mpTRGYGsfr91e2g0MIgOh5o1eTRI5vl8nWcUdEox04Mem4oF7p6xzdwIB_440/s3088/IMG_6527.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBT_HA4KNInPJEcuUY8GffLqvCOPYmjHLvonsf191plEf2ElqT1mRyOCTLrzFH7ww7QGrNx2jXvL_YdtjsExIkst3qcIKYYSoIOVDOE_waPfeHTQl4OIqydWbS3mJSK_mpTRGYGsfr91e2g0MIgOh5o1eTRI5vl8nWcUdEox04Mem4oF7p6xzdwIB_440/w480-h640/IMG_6527.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Disappointed with my paddling attempts so far there was only one thing for it … the ford … assuming there was any water in it. I got lucky …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKx2cPIX9AVOpVMCR3TjN9U4RWiSOxZ9BlB58Kw_Q7-vxQ_tbRlK6z61QBCcN3JDgLZsyxcafGm5xXZGhhLHHhKaKLToiNpABWm8z3Ec00bZfRxndqKAANCxGqER-YhV1FkHBSlX16E0rGcGy6mkgU2TOnRpPJiK-CNLGbFVIPvx0QxgN1PrBYFgUdokY/s4032/IMG_6528.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKx2cPIX9AVOpVMCR3TjN9U4RWiSOxZ9BlB58Kw_Q7-vxQ_tbRlK6z61QBCcN3JDgLZsyxcafGm5xXZGhhLHHhKaKLToiNpABWm8z3Ec00bZfRxndqKAANCxGqER-YhV1FkHBSlX16E0rGcGy6mkgU2TOnRpPJiK-CNLGbFVIPvx0QxgN1PrBYFgUdokY/w480-h640/IMG_6528.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Having now ticked everything off of my ‘to do’ list there was just one more stop off we needed to make before heading for home …</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L1x_H6l3ueyAYJocS4cUU0_8unqVrrdWlSj9zuKP35zqKbaehs637UbTv4lknOcZBmzvB1nOjkRemQt46hHT7HEMami7Vg4_y5TQ3_7J-b819pnkdpZEvFX_QwJY8YxafeRt7Jb6ToAw8QbI9Xk23LFxAt41cTtrFt_5zSHCR0TQ6zL8sgFyMEBxs4s/s4032/IMG_6532.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">*********************************************</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-25775011228255774592023-11-07T10:05:00.000+00:002023-11-07T10:05:52.956+00:00Exploring :: Marwood Hill Gardens & Arlington Court Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>The day after Rachel & Tom’s wedding was a nice quiet one started off with a brunch of wedding night pasties …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WUK4pdplcDCCI6ypEViCa6RKOoBn07JopNMBAW_hODU1_Xq-XS1QSgCTdpHPa4X2BGU6dQ7mCiEEjDoN5yrXIVvW28ZAzEvKAH12DU-K_ix6MvU1WXdBgXVRU1g-Se8vbhOYxWjUAPnwe73VtcXU29wCOyKYRLzMLpS-sBeCgAyXrTPXV27x5CFjWAs/s3024/IMG_6364.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WUK4pdplcDCCI6ypEViCa6RKOoBn07JopNMBAW_hODU1_Xq-XS1QSgCTdpHPa4X2BGU6dQ7mCiEEjDoN5yrXIVvW28ZAzEvKAH12DU-K_ix6MvU1WXdBgXVRU1g-Se8vbhOYxWjUAPnwe73VtcXU29wCOyKYRLzMLpS-sBeCgAyXrTPXV27x5CFjWAs/w640-h640/IMG_6364.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>We spent the afternoon having a wander around Ilfracombe having a bit of a closer look at the harbour …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It had been lovely to spend time in Bude with the family for a few days, to share Rach and Tom’s wedding day and to explore somewhere new … whilst staying in a property with the most fabulous of views. </div><div><br /></div><div>It will just be North Wales for us now for the rest of the year but it had definitely been good to see somewhere else for a bit of a change 😀</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-78480758848758367072023-10-30T08:28:00.009+00:002023-10-30T08:33:45.121+00:00A Seaside WeddingHi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>On the day of Rachel and Tom’s wedding we woke up to blue sky, fluffy clouds and some sunshine …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0FJH3Jfj8h6oek6UpUBYNWz7nJErgbvy2anuCXOQFCZYQNPA2TH1jIQRSJQ0PXtj2cwcaC78CaJXMqLGz22dcnMmiCmFR6NaJYGvGcOMxa0orbhYFkDveJw2oKxdw50x7yEu8RibT8uSJfM4SeTco7KfRwNUMiTukPu7O7jk_ovjTYmY8heGjQY-C0U/s4032/IMG_6238.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We didn’t take any photos during the ceremony but it was just lovely. Emma and Erin did fabulously as flower girls, the bridesmaids looked lovely and Rachel looked absolutely stunning. <div><br /></div><div>It was a beautiful ceremony and it was so lovely to finally get to see Rachel and Tom tie the knot in the most beautiful of settings, with all their close friends and family, on a lovely summer’s day. </div><div><br /></div><div>We celebrated with Pimms and scones with cream and jam … the Devon way …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCodxAcCHW01um4Feq24v5PNom-r38VzShd1IjlMu1bhEpupbcRMIPpEsHHgPlxbkaLKq2kweBJBkea6MAfF9oIQVBAX6VcptIfCZju0bUFG8_RpegfP1bqsucZzFqquZAJjRedR7s7GFX4vF1uW-G_jkS33b_NCtqh4nMY3wn3OmmwvhLvjpYMZ46zp4/s4032/IMG_6277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCodxAcCHW01um4Feq24v5PNom-r38VzShd1IjlMu1bhEpupbcRMIPpEsHHgPlxbkaLKq2kweBJBkea6MAfF9oIQVBAX6VcptIfCZju0bUFG8_RpegfP1bqsucZzFqquZAJjRedR7s7GFX4vF1uW-G_jkS33b_NCtqh4nMY3wn3OmmwvhLvjpYMZ46zp4/w640-h480/IMG_6277.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>… and plenty of photos …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We were soon all seated and tucking into plenty of tasty food, followed by a scrummy dessert …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbUQCz1oamj-7Kypi13MqFezfgE4j-jmOCP2-fqfcusQcUOQuNDPOs-Ejd9EpfXbgj5JnluRvHtaqhTrFrP_piBHCVMaw4Xkl-ss1yGxHdG-5REEPaHhlqUm7VOae3OlXBskFd57opQBzKo0NSPyjm2OrIkCfLnNWIQlIdHY9kqU9z53ilR-8YDA-nPc/s4032/IMG_6338.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbUQCz1oamj-7Kypi13MqFezfgE4j-jmOCP2-fqfcusQcUOQuNDPOs-Ejd9EpfXbgj5JnluRvHtaqhTrFrP_piBHCVMaw4Xkl-ss1yGxHdG-5REEPaHhlqUm7VOae3OlXBskFd57opQBzKo0NSPyjm2OrIkCfLnNWIQlIdHY9kqU9z53ilR-8YDA-nPc/w480-h640/IMG_6338.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>It was then time for speeches, which brought a tear to my eye and plenty of laughter … before moving back outside for Rachel and Tom’s first dance as husband and wife …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6BjrqFMGLS5SA81XZ-eo6OotdN7vLonpzGxrA1Kqobp-tqFlSB5dez5e_3bdcOM9BfXzLycsZNvUOFXTmXOkZQ1fZBzGSjiP2cZJAjoZugQZE9fsW7Uz7QDu-qoiWXIIZererbLBC7LS7_EpldNuhJROnWRIL2RaSCs1vToyMvZZAx1uGvPexeui-V4/s3580/IMG_6341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3580" data-original-width="2506" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6BjrqFMGLS5SA81XZ-eo6OotdN7vLonpzGxrA1Kqobp-tqFlSB5dez5e_3bdcOM9BfXzLycsZNvUOFXTmXOkZQ1fZBzGSjiP2cZJAjoZugQZE9fsW7Uz7QDu-qoiWXIIZererbLBC7LS7_EpldNuhJROnWRIL2RaSCs1vToyMvZZAx1uGvPexeui-V4/w448-h640/IMG_6341.jpeg" width="448" /></a></div>We spent the evening just generally chatting and watching what was going on … and I realised I hadn’t actually taken a photo of Rach with her mum and dad …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf5gpjP2qpT9a2TuxmkL5BqBrecUnaZynTYY5e7VXhYFga8V1HuBepkFEEzvOfDHlxIEnYqpcFUcZP2c1OIIeBjzIp6KtZsCWWOOmU9iEDU_SXk6IwLT69VoRTw3sZCIpiw3Q9lVFNKtPf2-KuW7pO05pPrrx_GyH5xBDEeVXyAcXqeZJUeVzDWT_8B8/s4032/IMG_6353.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf5gpjP2qpT9a2TuxmkL5BqBrecUnaZynTYY5e7VXhYFga8V1HuBepkFEEzvOfDHlxIEnYqpcFUcZP2c1OIIeBjzIp6KtZsCWWOOmU9iEDU_SXk6IwLT69VoRTw3sZCIpiw3Q9lVFNKtPf2-KuW7pO05pPrrx_GyH5xBDEeVXyAcXqeZJUeVzDWT_8B8/w480-h640/IMG_6353.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The evening ended with pasties, which I was just too full to eat, so we wrapped a few up to take for our lunch the following day …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBh7Ym9MW5v0RhlIQbXkQ2-aX_PSWQtgMeN3IzybngAmxnT43ETzi9bLV8ju9v2J5beHywIok5Oxnw9LdyexHb5w20AquZx9MMMZT3bL-ZrdLAl5wEsMk3Thqn422pqztfKonaCpJdqYUxP8yopKQu3ccU27J1pQdXDOzIDd0tPn3qj3NknJwb2Hj0nI/s4032/IMG_6354.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBh7Ym9MW5v0RhlIQbXkQ2-aX_PSWQtgMeN3IzybngAmxnT43ETzi9bLV8ju9v2J5beHywIok5Oxnw9LdyexHb5w20AquZx9MMMZT3bL-ZrdLAl5wEsMk3Thqn422pqztfKonaCpJdqYUxP8yopKQu3ccU27J1pQdXDOzIDd0tPn3qj3NknJwb2Hj0nI/w640-h480/IMG_6354.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Phil made a good effort though and provided one of my favourite photos of the day …<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0VtSpiOBTblr-GXFIKm4DE5qUOjhS32EtVEdR_tBa-gpU9IlPByn74KTGvE7Ow7C8gBYQNberuhq96Sk6E7wb8ipH_p7xY-BDDmGP2eIB4jJyJa9QbBS2CkI3TAB8hHP69DbdNpXC9Rp82AguWOn-CUWGI8jvVQ86tcHnlQsorifdHHxlPAwsnxdxgA/s4032/IMG_6357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0VtSpiOBTblr-GXFIKm4DE5qUOjhS32EtVEdR_tBa-gpU9IlPByn74KTGvE7Ow7C8gBYQNberuhq96Sk6E7wb8ipH_p7xY-BDDmGP2eIB4jJyJa9QbBS2CkI3TAB8hHP69DbdNpXC9Rp82AguWOn-CUWGI8jvVQ86tcHnlQsorifdHHxlPAwsnxdxgA/w480-h640/IMG_6357.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>We eventually said our good byes and headed for home. It had been the perfect day and so lovely to have been part of it. </div><div><br /></div><div>We woke the next morning to flowers on our doorstep …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ErmEmuP-EpDuk7BDH-qE-F2UPHs2G7dOKD61-tNwfbIl82JdMprkjqDcdIwyc9f_4m6d6i45z2PC4Tx_c7WRYUWOrl0c2JoTKkU97rz-XLkZfi7lG8Z456ZoDqDzjEiNRaHu7SUZujgfnJF4GUv0CKmrpnWFzo6WEbuE_KrPaspKT-oq7Zr0T-8EHXg/s4032/IMG_6359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ErmEmuP-EpDuk7BDH-qE-F2UPHs2G7dOKD61-tNwfbIl82JdMprkjqDcdIwyc9f_4m6d6i45z2PC4Tx_c7WRYUWOrl0c2JoTKkU97rz-XLkZfi7lG8Z456ZoDqDzjEiNRaHu7SUZujgfnJF4GUv0CKmrpnWFzo6WEbuE_KrPaspKT-oq7Zr0T-8EHXg/w480-h640/IMG_6359.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>… and pasties for breakfast …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We were on the ground floor and the living area and kitchen were stunning …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VaOU4pqTqupBhUrf_1wNukaB-HF1zKeimjN10e79txK8O69t2b81BJioFWAv8n-AkOOo_3P7QXJ6ZeUJ-H2v1FcHe7-16eLXBrS-Ez97yCR7a1GV9An5QRGIhUkVZtoFm1q_SXNs9pfA_pQSM4KUtHVno0HTnKLkeStL3yNzWTM8Ti1wq3Z7rTQVAQM/s4032/IMG_6163.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VaOU4pqTqupBhUrf_1wNukaB-HF1zKeimjN10e79txK8O69t2b81BJioFWAv8n-AkOOo_3P7QXJ6ZeUJ-H2v1FcHe7-16eLXBrS-Ez97yCR7a1GV9An5QRGIhUkVZtoFm1q_SXNs9pfA_pQSM4KUtHVno0HTnKLkeStL3yNzWTM8Ti1wq3Z7rTQVAQM/w480-h640/IMG_6163.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6p-cLj0TsVVIUAp2g7CVa9armZwUOL-4JWfx1COnUVUo1P4RR8-69FqmVBh_uF_beMBIiQM53Y_ByUoNO6joTrtHZceYwVhR3iKVvP6dx5hDquoaby7jnTl0GLn8XOEzv-GiM0bPOXsCx5Z47MPVFZBct6gzQLxqw-yVvwq6w9ieL29LUz75IeUYNs8/s4032/IMG_6164.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A bit of Googling found that the route went right past where we were staying so it was back out front … this time to watch 100s of minis drive past. It was great fun to watch, lots of cars were dressed up for the event and there was plenty horn tooting and waving going on …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKY1-BUd4xLPXiAknfKUXKlfRqu4V5bFbRzAmDD26FK8GBYHrMITy00qOsgonnn_tR8Qwe-fAG9mwx5b2eWXtnk6SVRvK0lanH8JVE4Rq2KqDGaTYEXZRJVqvKRjumeSlxu8Kv3zSmxTUuEKfSviJw9dCkeRgFb1Tjm_EpjUAR9kjyMLljHSBhQyttjw/s4032/IMG_6215.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKY1-BUd4xLPXiAknfKUXKlfRqu4V5bFbRzAmDD26FK8GBYHrMITy00qOsgonnn_tR8Qwe-fAG9mwx5b2eWXtnk6SVRvK0lanH8JVE4Rq2KqDGaTYEXZRJVqvKRjumeSlxu8Kv3zSmxTUuEKfSviJw9dCkeRgFb1Tjm_EpjUAR9kjyMLljHSBhQyttjw/w640-h480/IMG_6215.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77x3sC2dWYsmoRQOgR6sQ3jcvQM6u7_8KBd1wKXRD7qY27fLj2EomTmrrgERxzcDrI6CFhJcW4Ft6_xyPuPKqfDZO0J7Dw82Bey58xOwx0OKybNSrBmQ7wgeUqmEKfAlBWhSwD5icUS9L5vtczro-XONa3D-ssos_2YzWw4QtvgIGCkqnz7wt3F5aT_s/s4032/IMG_6217.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77x3sC2dWYsmoRQOgR6sQ3jcvQM6u7_8KBd1wKXRD7qY27fLj2EomTmrrgERxzcDrI6CFhJcW4Ft6_xyPuPKqfDZO0J7Dw82Bey58xOwx0OKybNSrBmQ7wgeUqmEKfAlBWhSwD5icUS9L5vtczro-XONa3D-ssos_2YzWw4QtvgIGCkqnz7wt3F5aT_s/w480-h640/IMG_6217.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kctQuhr7s8ue-plB85iSC_RXINQpcCxF9ytHB9U0cf3MsGgz19SEj1DC2PkpjhmsLURAjcT0deqiEyUZohZlA8SWGuTqrL3t7YWi0rRjwxn-eNIVRvqbz-9G1Rgd7GtbREYFfAPzQyFUVWswRs2lODyG2Xi8aHdhLINnU3Nfs5ZuJZiiBWvPPeJtb1U/s4032/IMG_6221.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kctQuhr7s8ue-plB85iSC_RXINQpcCxF9ytHB9U0cf3MsGgz19SEj1DC2PkpjhmsLURAjcT0deqiEyUZohZlA8SWGuTqrL3t7YWi0rRjwxn-eNIVRvqbz-9G1Rgd7GtbREYFfAPzQyFUVWswRs2lODyG2Xi8aHdhLINnU3Nfs5ZuJZiiBWvPPeJtb1U/w640-h480/IMG_6221.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYMwXt9LIDCKRzWR_S6gCO2COmcU2bxSKhEMyMQq4wBy9NpPVq8qdK87nIQGzraluwjSjtiBlJWUPEurqHyMh0wvpfUzZvu3i5KyPKHxpK03lnplf44gvMDG9yMFu8B9OSpSUHl0iNuiKnJBmRY9i65hycXKtdw2tb66NDOriTVDOAu4yLJY8bWepAbg/s4032/IMG_6222.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYMwXt9LIDCKRzWR_S6gCO2COmcU2bxSKhEMyMQq4wBy9NpPVq8qdK87nIQGzraluwjSjtiBlJWUPEurqHyMh0wvpfUzZvu3i5KyPKHxpK03lnplf44gvMDG9yMFu8B9OSpSUHl0iNuiKnJBmRY9i65hycXKtdw2tb66NDOriTVDOAu4yLJY8bWepAbg/w640-h480/IMG_6222.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>On the Tuesday Jackie and Phil and Jackie’s mum and dad were making their way to Ilfracombe, ready for Rachel and Tom’s wedding on the Wednesday. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had just started to head for Combe Martin when the phone rang with a suggestion of lunch somewhere. Luckily we weren’t far off passing The Sawmills and it looked very inviting …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeV3MZnp672PIvK7yTCOoQNyqrUAj8-nZl7r9deF0t3Wugpdb6ueyEfkfillTsImol25kAZRu851Dqe2b9myL441zeJ8JOGWIVS3XwlbvrJ0hGGsSXrc9ZIX8eIUQ8DZuZ4gO8N5y0x4546CSzCeyS0PN5io_XpwAeYtvDVRtsPsdpr_ASzuETpwIQ0o/s4032/IMG_6227.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeV3MZnp672PIvK7yTCOoQNyqrUAj8-nZl7r9deF0t3Wugpdb6ueyEfkfillTsImol25kAZRu851Dqe2b9myL441zeJ8JOGWIVS3XwlbvrJ0hGGsSXrc9ZIX8eIUQ8DZuZ4gO8N5y0x4546CSzCeyS0PN5io_XpwAeYtvDVRtsPsdpr_ASzuETpwIQ0o/w480-h640/IMG_6227.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>A quick recce confirmed it would do very nicely so we got one in and waited for the others to arrive …<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pIfmGpcFykGejrEP3AMybvdC73jZIscvuo0FgcAdooUdbDb85s9AUGfaxkJ84qCGvSZDKwGTJKgyn6ilmLWpb9H5BUbA9bTfe9c1eL_jbhMaEOFvbhAMelRGpOvTdyj9QhX85iNEmbaYV8WiSJcqY-Uv2msquxHFhUDb-Lw2O7dTLrCM7iePF5gEETg/s4032/IMG_6230.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pIfmGpcFykGejrEP3AMybvdC73jZIscvuo0FgcAdooUdbDb85s9AUGfaxkJ84qCGvSZDKwGTJKgyn6ilmLWpb9H5BUbA9bTfe9c1eL_jbhMaEOFvbhAMelRGpOvTdyj9QhX85iNEmbaYV8WiSJcqY-Uv2msquxHFhUDb-Lw2O7dTLrCM7iePF5gEETg/w480-h640/IMG_6230.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>After a very nice lunch we headed back to ‘ours’ for a quick cuppa and look at the view before saying our goodbyes as they all headed off for The Tunnels for a pre-wedding evening with the bridal party …</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQqkYU0CS72zAQ609Co-jGNiJHpjTzCIki2nZrpVXpTTaMQIj5-96jdA96N-XsE-hcXoAHQ1AGo6gkkPJ4qf1AqqzLZ5fQ89Lh2wDtE7f1sJA4fAQISXoVq6LTh7a5hQrtMWbcdhyphenhyphensgHyygsmt3MMwylqHznaXCc4WpYiWRa4liyyrwFbe7uGNI1jX4E/s4032/IMG_6238.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQqkYU0CS72zAQ609Co-jGNiJHpjTzCIki2nZrpVXpTTaMQIj5-96jdA96N-XsE-hcXoAHQ1AGo6gkkPJ4qf1AqqzLZ5fQ89Lh2wDtE7f1sJA4fAQISXoVq6LTh7a5hQrtMWbcdhyphenhyphensgHyygsmt3MMwylqHznaXCc4WpYiWRa4liyyrwFbe7uGNI1jX4E/w480-h640/IMG_6238.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">**********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-10060197070179400292023-10-16T14:00:00.000+01:002023-10-16T14:00:24.483+01:00Exploring :: Gnomes and AppledoreHi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>Following our few days in Bude with the family we were heading up to Ilfracombe … where we were staying for the week whilst attending my Goddaughter’s wedding. </div><div><br /></div><div>We made the most of our journey with a couple of stop offs along the way. Firstly at the Gnome Reserve near Bideford. </div><div><br /></div><div>I’ve never seen so many gnomes …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumak04p_s_H0C7gSWoltg92RrlF_Lt6BQ6v-Iz0wJbG6qg7leCiaRQQlBlztXOVd-LiNo_tblVl1ZF_RPUnNMKGZqjghor9CanLl_wnD_LCT-VBdUdHnihg5UaYwF7f8cKGJL1QrEpFxo_tw0s1vCNRfV3QIalqjH4qtW42uE3cUeiI9Qc3hXx98OVk8/s4032/IMG_6119.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumak04p_s_H0C7gSWoltg92RrlF_Lt6BQ6v-Iz0wJbG6qg7leCiaRQQlBlztXOVd-LiNo_tblVl1ZF_RPUnNMKGZqjghor9CanLl_wnD_LCT-VBdUdHnihg5UaYwF7f8cKGJL1QrEpFxo_tw0s1vCNRfV3QIalqjH4qtW42uE3cUeiI9Qc3hXx98OVk8/w480-h640/IMG_6119.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCrQ3wQTfRIxVlxvgfdD1AfkvXXaOLnZEEffcN1uwTfSYwwViXdZ74JQjO3uDTaouhva2oh5tt6qzVuKrtHt1QoNiLrIAEksCXoa962RvQxv62Pq3DpLcvvU1HaCalmTD_c_4IpNcSCONHVzPFgwdx-G_kKvtL5fQ829akgp2BUJsmONa4f5OX8KcZRg/s4032/IMG_6120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Definitely somewhere that we will visit again but for now it was time to carry on for Ilfracombe 😊<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-12555323720402997592023-10-09T10:44:00.000+01:002023-10-09T10:44:09.023+01:00A Few Days with The Family :: Boscastle & Bude Hi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>In late August we were heading to Ilfracombe for my eldest Goddaughter, Rachel’s wedding. In an effort to avoid travelling on the August Bank Holiday weekend we decided to extend our holiday, spending a few days in Bude first, where the rest of the family were already holidaying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPn20nft5R7VmkGqtSj3u5wJuAWnMilFG3KLlF7BX5Gnyiq6EYfVc-IOmhk8SwMULwfBt-W2ZMiq5bHkq1olzYVFyw4CO3qoXrl5ygWw4xQQzPA1RaLq0auuIp16jm4vUtfHWKQRo8tll2Vs3XLF71g_WZXVCXCp4pVR_dTydfMRauh5Chbi7jpbPgLk/s4032/IMG_6023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPn20nft5R7VmkGqtSj3u5wJuAWnMilFG3KLlF7BX5Gnyiq6EYfVc-IOmhk8SwMULwfBt-W2ZMiq5bHkq1olzYVFyw4CO3qoXrl5ygWw4xQQzPA1RaLq0auuIp16jm4vUtfHWKQRo8tll2Vs3XLF71g_WZXVCXCp4pVR_dTydfMRauh5Chbi7jpbPgLk/w480-h640/IMG_6023.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div>As we were only staying a few days we were being very kindly hosted by my sister, Sarah and her partner Mark … and very good hosts they were indeed. I only hope we were sufficiently good enough guests to be invited again 😜</div><div><br /></div><div>We really only had a couple of full days so decided to stay pretty local … with our first full day taking in Boscastle …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYyixBIvBb0kT-5_TQ09Sq15FUK16ookMdq4vLHxwxcGjd13Oxq5Mk5M85-HtzirKAvlcOCAItIstR0Qy6nUhyAOGehlQwycYTa1tHnp8FGmB3QQKxT233HhGuUi3H2pXfsswgUR6--sK-UQZeG4jjd47baflnCWtrubOLszADwT1EJ_Ldzvwu4ItUaI/s4032/IMG_6035.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYyixBIvBb0kT-5_TQ09Sq15FUK16ookMdq4vLHxwxcGjd13Oxq5Mk5M85-HtzirKAvlcOCAItIstR0Qy6nUhyAOGehlQwycYTa1tHnp8FGmB3QQKxT233HhGuUi3H2pXfsswgUR6--sK-UQZeG4jjd47baflnCWtrubOLszADwT1EJ_Ldzvwu4ItUaI/w480-h640/IMG_6035.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>All we really did was have a bit of a bimble. Martin, Alison, mum and I took the easier path along the left hand side of the river … though Alison and I did go a little way along the right hand side first … hoping to see the red hot pokers …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJvxLdm47HGa_ssIMjH7l972OkuuV-W2TomvNBJhM3f-W-hByWlUmsRIYSUVrOY08r1RdX4iClAIQnSCdXHJmI8jake7yKiekxfT6JOwZvnRln37EE_0H01OmdkD2cEBV_vf5BoQMPt-g3Raq7-CLLwtmUIP1wJVuyB9IwNvHmWDroFbDuNHjXK1K4v8/s4032/IMG_6038.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJvxLdm47HGa_ssIMjH7l972OkuuV-W2TomvNBJhM3f-W-hByWlUmsRIYSUVrOY08r1RdX4iClAIQnSCdXHJmI8jake7yKiekxfT6JOwZvnRln37EE_0H01OmdkD2cEBV_vf5BoQMPt-g3Raq7-CLLwtmUIP1wJVuyB9IwNvHmWDroFbDuNHjXK1K4v8/w640-h480/IMG_6038.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The others … Mark, Sarah, David and Bobby were heading for Queen Victoria’s head, which you can see towards the top in the middle of the above photo. </div><div><br /></div><div>Alison and I retraced our steps and went over the bridge …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">… where we could see the others making their way back on the other side …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiReJznUEUkM5aBSbBxBvLYtmC0MbAd6ZUNC0n6jV8WGml-7AIkqFa32QeDv-5gqN0LR-mOQFXevCudXkShaSsW56Xp9Pv8N429AiO0nNrKH5MgAqG8HMHe332JcRk298_d3yGN5E38jGDxfEqp3ocHXREaYERdXjWCXwkq04NRFCOA5DZSgx2v6iAjM/s4032/IMG_6045.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiReJznUEUkM5aBSbBxBvLYtmC0MbAd6ZUNC0n6jV8WGml-7AIkqFa32QeDv-5gqN0LR-mOQFXevCudXkShaSsW56Xp9Pv8N429AiO0nNrKH5MgAqG8HMHe332JcRk298_d3yGN5E38jGDxfEqp3ocHXREaYERdXjWCXwkq04NRFCOA5DZSgx2v6iAjM/w640-h480/IMG_6045.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>We made our way back along the rocky path and picked mum up from the bench … where she’d been ‘resting her eyes’ in the sunshine … and we all met back up on the bridge. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was definitely time for a lunch stop so we made our way back into the village and had lunch sitting in the sunshine outside The Toby Jug. </div><div><br /></div><div>We left Boscastle and Sarah, Mark, Martin and I had a quick stop off at Crackington Haven on our way back to Bude … where we were all meeting up again later for a meal at The Brendon. </div><div><br /></div><div>After dinner we had a wander along the canal …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRigzpdBYbDW_mAn4RAQqAzOn4tofNNUggmr5fSgr74JhNS0zb5_nkrTfu9H86pcZ30nETx3QAJyiTwyFFw0R_O1VSZT1hJZYKeKhMaVPERfk2WwtW-_83HV1u0bOwCeZqrsM8WAUxEIzcze0Vd8gYh3-D8KtMtFo5xDXbnOMXQcDTHvaaVK1CBPhbOs/w480-h640/IMG_6114.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I’m so glad we decided to tag on the few extra days. We’d had a lovely time and I always forget how much I love Bude until I’m back there … and it’s always good fun when everybody gets to spend some real quality time together. </div><div><br /></div><div>I will be back soon from Ilfracombe 👰♀️💒👰♀️💒</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-70539026740139622562023-10-02T10:01:00.000+01:002023-10-02T10:01:54.721+01:00Shopping & LunchHi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>In between our July/August stay at the lodge and our stay in Cornwall and Devon I managed to squeeze in a day of shopping and lunching in Birmingham with Lesley and ‘the girls’. </div><div><br /></div><div>As my friends’ kids are all now pretty much grown up and either married or left home it gets harder and harder to find dates when we are all available at the same time so the regular catch ups are getting further apart as the years go by. </div><div><br /></div><div>We were all surprised that this time it was easy to find a date that suited us all and we decided that a girls only lunch in Brum would be a real treat. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lesley, Jess and I caught a very full train from Tamworth into the city, where we got chance to have a good look at Ozzy in his new home …</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGd2Mf_0gQzrd3Yu04Rep0H8nincFLh7ygl4Y5NEocgLQOGozqKCmhYtQp2DywWmmHOYsVDQU9iLbit_2dTKLanDGAFBuX5JjSXIc6rrREpweUJIMclT5AWcuvrbl4IUhertNSqP-CmGvJO3MwArEsbzoHbaIQqSK0X3p-2PICJ0HPLq6sdVXbIDKICI/s4032/IMG_5810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGd2Mf_0gQzrd3Yu04Rep0H8nincFLh7ygl4Y5NEocgLQOGozqKCmhYtQp2DywWmmHOYsVDQU9iLbit_2dTKLanDGAFBuX5JjSXIc6rrREpweUJIMclT5AWcuvrbl4IUhertNSqP-CmGvJO3MwArEsbzoHbaIQqSK0X3p-2PICJ0HPLq6sdVXbIDKICI/w480-h640/IMG_5810.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Xv594yCplQGGOcEBEl6UJeADdSYjQ6FlrIo-DyWtusdmO8M6mKtpBDHXM05bGI7ZdyWD3qoCdKEiD3qFNmN4339ZhMwCphcEnx96eJIz8wTstExi6wvnypgZQLk7O1-XD2cPy2jTAJOVp5uNGB5QUcKYWOdmjeem3fk-N-4j_BeH4RpR3g7kTrfLoyU/s4032/IMG_5811.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Xv594yCplQGGOcEBEl6UJeADdSYjQ6FlrIo-DyWtusdmO8M6mKtpBDHXM05bGI7ZdyWD3qoCdKEiD3qFNmN4339ZhMwCphcEnx96eJIz8wTstExi6wvnypgZQLk7O1-XD2cPy2jTAJOVp5uNGB5QUcKYWOdmjeem3fk-N-4j_BeH4RpR3g7kTrfLoyU/w480-h640/IMG_5811.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSUEEUAgnwMt64a4tK2L4mNNqSMuJSSsokbk61mH_4DiMm66RkuPfAVCJkbHgGnZUbj6OinTzhFhCuUpPyGXTYqO2j75Rn0MTXJmUMZSfXP_BJA-yrTmmTBOAhXR-43WtD_tOxa-XEEQdmObPEST_YbXzXSX-w_1YVFJiYh_CUuzuEPM9gT9PjxETtOs/s2048/1e0f4c74-10b5-4a72-a41c-ccc29446b934.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSUEEUAgnwMt64a4tK2L4mNNqSMuJSSsokbk61mH_4DiMm66RkuPfAVCJkbHgGnZUbj6OinTzhFhCuUpPyGXTYqO2j75Rn0MTXJmUMZSfXP_BJA-yrTmmTBOAhXR-43WtD_tOxa-XEEQdmObPEST_YbXzXSX-w_1YVFJiYh_CUuzuEPM9gT9PjxETtOs/w640-h480/1e0f4c74-10b5-4a72-a41c-ccc29446b934.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Before we caught up with Lauren we had time for a bit of a dash round the shops on the hunt for a new handbag for me to go with the dress I would be wearing to Rachel’s wedding. We had no luck whatsoever, though we did have more luck in my hunt for some new foundation … of which Jess managed to wangle me a week’s sample for free 😂😂😂</div><div><br /></div><div>We also managed to find Ozzy’s camp cousin …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSFIczN9wvDbdZJIUdb3NlD4ibn6nFCRYY4lgpUQbDXjr2ZwTiOvhr3UytiynpHPY0g7YX_UWAfx_3KSST2n3H3mHWPQHRrIanpUWJkyt_UpQOPrs5fE5ycsp6rAYfyAsBtOuMH6vPylKEGUYpOPbWrlDqpKiwv_84TehI-hPt139Nwks1EreBkcIiLA/s1024/77255861-e831-40a5-abef-56acb55f611c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSFIczN9wvDbdZJIUdb3NlD4ibn6nFCRYY4lgpUQbDXjr2ZwTiOvhr3UytiynpHPY0g7YX_UWAfx_3KSST2n3H3mHWPQHRrIanpUWJkyt_UpQOPrs5fE5ycsp6rAYfyAsBtOuMH6vPylKEGUYpOPbWrlDqpKiwv_84TehI-hPt139Nwks1EreBkcIiLA/w480-h640/77255861-e831-40a5-abef-56acb55f611c.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div>Partially successful shopping expedition finished we met up with Lauren and headed for Bar Estilo where we were having a tapas lunch … the first time trying tapas for a long long time for me and I was definitely ready for food and a sit down …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The views across the city were fabulous … though looking over the edge did make for some very wobbly legs …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher02MGeG8M9CnblWOLDEN5QxuDosEHUoCEHuJwHzcAeZtwfeRnIJ8n2RJSLJn5fx51wNCSej2fmxvrK046w4Dd9X8EQIOPqUqfVpJEK0wCixRSVIcTDwoiTPfsCrWcLQ1RyyU_qTxzdBxxuNgmU-wmYWaRVkU4oHO8P5cfxbkyDzLpJ_Ru7WN51Yuppc/s1024/614ab8d1-ea89-40c7-8606-081b25491592.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1024" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher02MGeG8M9CnblWOLDEN5QxuDosEHUoCEHuJwHzcAeZtwfeRnIJ8n2RJSLJn5fx51wNCSej2fmxvrK046w4Dd9X8EQIOPqUqfVpJEK0wCixRSVIcTDwoiTPfsCrWcLQ1RyyU_qTxzdBxxuNgmU-wmYWaRVkU4oHO8P5cfxbkyDzLpJ_Ru7WN51Yuppc/w640-h378/614ab8d1-ea89-40c7-8606-081b25491592.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25waIyljrzDqjaHg_7lMD1KbbDoLxqpNMo73ODTlZIScPAbvX96-Q6Inxrc19KuH4xTE27FkgxWcy_MD-ZaJ21LyUuM1oVuL1lhiKtuT1hzOawp1MfSxty-_s6vXrIQIOepSGsylJfktTbP3_Ra3SYKIEw9FgkMt2OEszNE-vmDczQLBW6iS9JPGmpX0/s1024/4981ecd8-5ba3-4c15-b2e6-48942debd081.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25waIyljrzDqjaHg_7lMD1KbbDoLxqpNMo73ODTlZIScPAbvX96-Q6Inxrc19KuH4xTE27FkgxWcy_MD-ZaJ21LyUuM1oVuL1lhiKtuT1hzOawp1MfSxty-_s6vXrIQIOepSGsylJfktTbP3_Ra3SYKIEw9FgkMt2OEszNE-vmDczQLBW6iS9JPGmpX0/w480-h640/4981ecd8-5ba3-4c15-b2e6-48942debd081.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aLGFQOsiiMLC0osGjeHJRGO2ORNRkeWDnNxXhoJXLRSZDa6mzgGRVb3xuhTLjghseo4E7zNyXyT8P8XU1g2d2RzPkhuTAhChaD3TkglOcVkpe73h0j4m2QHoj8vG7bSvazQ1vVP2yDzGBsxwv45RTldalf4YmeFWzqDh9nun6hfxS_k2Dpu0bJAv3DA/s1024/dfaf4139-30f2-4d00-a5bb-c4a315869f6d.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aLGFQOsiiMLC0osGjeHJRGO2ORNRkeWDnNxXhoJXLRSZDa6mzgGRVb3xuhTLjghseo4E7zNyXyT8P8XU1g2d2RzPkhuTAhChaD3TkglOcVkpe73h0j4m2QHoj8vG7bSvazQ1vVP2yDzGBsxwv45RTldalf4YmeFWzqDh9nun6hfxS_k2Dpu0bJAv3DA/w640-h480/dfaf4139-30f2-4d00-a5bb-c4a315869f6d.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>It was soon time to head back to the station where we waved off Lauren and caught our, far less, crowded train home. <div><br /></div><div>It had been a lovely day, a real treat. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we can manage to synchronise the calendars again 😊</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">********************************************</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936759459914504763.post-50477903327321176112023-09-22T09:17:00.000+01:002023-09-22T09:17:26.037+01:00Staying LocalHi there everyone 😀<div><br /></div><div>Following our big day out at Shugborough we opted for something a bit more low key and less strenuous for our second day with Bobby … I was hoping that it would be just as much fun though. </div><div><br /></div><div>We started out with a morning at home. Bobby had come prepared and we started our day off with a few games of</div><div>‘Poo Bingo’ which is nowhere near as disgusting as it sounds …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucKdq9kNcWPhfNcdDRwJKjgAxHe--bYuuiFHYC-nlXA-1KUC5w9JR7jckCG_Km2sUKD0w0Y8wtqHoJYgVMmqkqtsvpd5EF67MPmnZvPZ6aKR06f5tV606YG-g9DiQWizBkwbhcVzb08tyVd5M2Ly8GufuVfO2i6DLRZYDamJlTMkB-s9-Szb8xUo8OOM/s4032/IMG_5877.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucKdq9kNcWPhfNcdDRwJKjgAxHe--bYuuiFHYC-nlXA-1KUC5w9JR7jckCG_Km2sUKD0w0Y8wtqHoJYgVMmqkqtsvpd5EF67MPmnZvPZ6aKR06f5tV606YG-g9DiQWizBkwbhcVzb08tyVd5M2Ly8GufuVfO2i6DLRZYDamJlTMkB-s9-Szb8xUo8OOM/w480-h640/IMG_5877.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Bobby was not the only one was prepared and I had plans for some baking on the cards …<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeYS34fimDztBJd6W2_K6ElqY6WEstXqD6YJ3tZPsJ8KtDPdaQ4O4nSUnyyaFDBMUjgX8E818kuxsjCbM9rPj798aT4eFsHPGX6tQXWDd0FSx32NrJIUoyPQps3srd2usqos5RrbtRaxyjYl6l0EB7NaiiFbh-wA57mmtsgOwiEnKXiY-fGnRsLMd754/s3226/IMG_5879.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3226" data-original-width="2093" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeYS34fimDztBJd6W2_K6ElqY6WEstXqD6YJ3tZPsJ8KtDPdaQ4O4nSUnyyaFDBMUjgX8E818kuxsjCbM9rPj798aT4eFsHPGX6tQXWDd0FSx32NrJIUoyPQps3srd2usqos5RrbtRaxyjYl6l0EB7NaiiFbh-wA57mmtsgOwiEnKXiY-fGnRsLMd754/w416-h640/IMG_5879.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div>It had taken me a while to find a recipe that I thought would be fun for Bobby. I wanted him to be able to do everything and, as mixing by hand is hard for little ones, I opted for a <a href="https://www.magimix.co.uk/recipes/gingerbread_biscuits_fp">Magimix recipe</a> so he could use the food processor. </div><div><br /></div><div>We were making gingerbread men and, whilst it took a while, which was absolutely fine with me, Bobby had a whale of a time. </div><div><br /></div><div>He weighed out the dry ingredients … with less flour spillage than I normally make …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiBzCmTCxmQk0S3TaCbkKl0vPF2gySqYRhINyZjp-9E5W-r8yZzZnRQ6q1SHbnl2TIpiXiKVl36_WFD9m35KGOo4Qtkur_rXweMWuxG52zbndjUfqlBNNV3Ypfp9axH6GBMu8rGpTyv2etnJeAkwkYr6vDdnXoKkb1FWfVYxTPwsqq4HpH26eYJgR3D8/s4032/IMG_5881.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiBzCmTCxmQk0S3TaCbkKl0vPF2gySqYRhINyZjp-9E5W-r8yZzZnRQ6q1SHbnl2TIpiXiKVl36_WFD9m35KGOo4Qtkur_rXweMWuxG52zbndjUfqlBNNV3Ypfp9axH6GBMu8rGpTyv2etnJeAkwkYr6vDdnXoKkb1FWfVYxTPwsqq4HpH26eYJgR3D8/w480-h640/IMG_5881.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He sieved the flour …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5uE1kELAVoeFBgwvJceta8gMfuXHFbM5k70YdMOf_YYJegQi8cwXaBDS0dVt4naAMQooBIxBoIv8ZlZq1FKcqt2AWlmuWpveO3ilblvgSpTZTVnH6wGmYlqgN5TzdyjsNgkq9zavTcZlOzMLSx1xjIjNXjfgahL6hy41NGTE5QWIaNSl5bX_mNp6iMU/s4032/IMG_5884.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5uE1kELAVoeFBgwvJceta8gMfuXHFbM5k70YdMOf_YYJegQi8cwXaBDS0dVt4naAMQooBIxBoIv8ZlZq1FKcqt2AWlmuWpveO3ilblvgSpTZTVnH6wGmYlqgN5TzdyjsNgkq9zavTcZlOzMLSx1xjIjNXjfgahL6hy41NGTE5QWIaNSl5bX_mNp6iMU/w480-h640/IMG_5884.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>He weighed out and cut up the butter …<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9RBIJPp1PDqWx7anbjG5_hKHxMes5EpQ7iLnipE-2IwaoNDvFo8Kp5AgrNkML3BgFI1PwWorbHn_P3PKebFAumKZW-x_42N8CCZBceEmJMJP0xHHMN0ZUnFVTmZMW-cm9hEFQHXdd3mvyyNQIkEdkXKVn9PWz0qmhpYhz-0lPm_3AtAQgQwxkcIzsJY/s4032/IMG_5886.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9RBIJPp1PDqWx7anbjG5_hKHxMes5EpQ7iLnipE-2IwaoNDvFo8Kp5AgrNkML3BgFI1PwWorbHn_P3PKebFAumKZW-x_42N8CCZBceEmJMJP0xHHMN0ZUnFVTmZMW-cm9hEFQHXdd3mvyyNQIkEdkXKVn9PWz0qmhpYhz-0lPm_3AtAQgQwxkcIzsJY/w480-h640/IMG_5886.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>He weighed out the sugar …<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjxbDYiAWRzWyp_SBuFCLfv45qhz-17NX2KEzgpunIZ5srQQHYdjzKZQg2dq9LlfmIzsU75V36PlcNJ8HsgVauvsknR094G_tuOyWXSg_mXCJJHbKZKyF_AskTquWfnmFBtvWsb0QNUKPZ2FzYZF2BTbLhVC6PnhxRiAhR3M0Y_nO6iM1rQK2vTOhuw0/s4032/IMG_5887.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjxbDYiAWRzWyp_SBuFCLfv45qhz-17NX2KEzgpunIZ5srQQHYdjzKZQg2dq9LlfmIzsU75V36PlcNJ8HsgVauvsknR094G_tuOyWXSg_mXCJJHbKZKyF_AskTquWfnmFBtvWsb0QNUKPZ2FzYZF2BTbLhVC6PnhxRiAhR3M0Y_nO6iM1rQK2vTOhuw0/w480-h640/IMG_5887.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>He then tipped all of the dry ingredients and the butter into the Magimix and mixed them together. <div><br /></div><div>He then had a go at cracking the egg and, after fishing out a few bits of shell, he beat it up … </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCweyg3kN3E-5j5mGtvW2hXpuI3L5-cTkk2_nB3yKLEdWiTUHpgrDyct294KdO1IQrLF5n46hLrm3PjQO8EwGl7rsHX2prThIHbZaAIUwfXUG_Wjd0aOW5YQlf7cJMxYIspIrs46gt3pyS0fXQNySH3xOG-fauOSgFviWzSLSDzga0GpP5G3OjHVqiqpI/s4032/IMG_5889.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCweyg3kN3E-5j5mGtvW2hXpuI3L5-cTkk2_nB3yKLEdWiTUHpgrDyct294KdO1IQrLF5n46hLrm3PjQO8EwGl7rsHX2prThIHbZaAIUwfXUG_Wjd0aOW5YQlf7cJMxYIspIrs46gt3pyS0fXQNySH3xOG-fauOSgFviWzSLSDzga0GpP5G3OjHVqiqpI/w480-h640/IMG_5889.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">He measured and added the golden syrup …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZXA39KanfA9o6_afuT1PehlZNaDNqL4zbKzpi38fpuR5ehpSekpxq2Og0g-XuLSLdGJ7cTfQpdn8k81o_SnEzxSh0l4HFLR1srxFkqkVFY36EKccJ4AniJbaInv3Jhc4c-SEIkomiYZ55WYyKzdHAWmdeE34zTLdTlxyrnoG56gFGOfOyfnkCEPlgY8/s4032/IMG_5893.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was an augmented reality tour called ‘We Love Tamworth’. I’d already downloaded a free app which sent us to different interesting spots around the town where we had to look through the phone camera to see all kinds of odd things. <div><br /></div><div>My capturing of images wasn’t brilliant but these are some of what we found …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaKmE4krcvSHsUw5QooCIxz2Wz_Jj6X4f5LBD-RLSyFa__4Mv3nNCTXz3qq9sYVCyfBNIDpZEIYcpkNTYcB2eGuElvW4QAdPMLpXOMaPikhqHEuR6Mr629uFnA-oY-7QngfECTxUdzHds4Pq3_KAvvxRyiozCJYJtck7Htpwu3Ur21Rjv8a8ICllwULE/s2532/TamworthARTrails.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2532" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaKmE4krcvSHsUw5QooCIxz2Wz_Jj6X4f5LBD-RLSyFa__4Mv3nNCTXz3qq9sYVCyfBNIDpZEIYcpkNTYcB2eGuElvW4QAdPMLpXOMaPikhqHEuR6Mr629uFnA-oY-7QngfECTxUdzHds4Pq3_KAvvxRyiozCJYJtck7Htpwu3Ur21Rjv8a8ICllwULE/w640-h296/TamworthARTrails.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It didn’t end up being as unenergetic as I’d expected but we’d done loads, not gone far, not spent much and we still had a stack of gingerbread men to enjoy 😊 </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳</div></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755023281455689775noreply@blogger.com0