Holiday is over now.

Our last trip of the holiday was to the Leeds West Indian Carnival on bank holiday Monday. It was a bit chillier than other years. The parade was colourful




and the rice and peas with chicken tasty.

Between trips over the last few weeks John dug up the main crop potatoes



However when he dug up the other two varieties many of the of them had little circular bore holes in them and had to be thrown away. So mixed feelings about this year's crop.
We have had plenty of runner beans, broad beans, mange tout, lettuce, radish and a couple of cabbages and cauliflowers. So overall it has been a good year.

On my travels I so all sorts of goodies here are some I purchased



The watch and ear rings I bought at a brilliant ladies clothes shop by Carnforth Station.

The yarn and fabric came from Abakhan in Liverpool.

This my last week of the school holidays. Schools go back next week and I have to prepare for my tuition which begins the following week. In between I shall decide what I am making for Christmas!

Holiday(2)

On Monday we went to Carnforth. Usually this station is used by us to change trains. We either dash from one platform to another with minutes to spare or have a longish wait and spend sometime in the visitor centre. Carnforth Station was used to film the station scenes in Brief Encounter one of my favourite films

However this year Carnforth was our destination for a walking trip




It was a very enjoyable day.



We have also been to Liverpool












The Yorkshire Sculpture park



Not everyone reads this sign


which is somewhat irritating when trying to peacefully look at clouds


We visited the Hepworth in Wakefield





Wandered along the canal and encountered a dragon in Todmorden





Just the Leeds Caribbean Carnival on Monday and everything will be back to normal

Holidays (1)

On Tuesday we set off to Gatehouse of Fleet near Dumfries. This was our fourth visit and each time we have found different things to see. After we had unpacked we went for a walk and visited Cally gardens



Then we continued through the forest where I was hit by a branch. Well not exactly a branch, a twig but it was thrown from the top of a tree!


The following day we walked to Sandgreen to paddle


when we arrived at Cream o Galloway we had a little walk around the nature trails before choosing our three flavour ice cream and the long walk back to Gatehouse.
Update
Our little break was over far too quickly but on Saturday we enjoyed a day Ullswater and AiraForce





I have not walked as much this holiday due to the foot incident at Christmas but have had en enjoyable time all the same.

secret keepers

I have made two secret keepers over the past few weeks. One was for my daughter's birthday





and one for my online friend Michelle at Soggibottom
you can see how well she has settled in if you click the link. I love this Magic



Thread pattern and now matter how many I make they all turn out so different.


Last week we had fresh cauliflower straight from the allotment


and it looks like the runner beans will be every bit as good as last year.


Tia has been up to no good jumping on the top of the fridge freezer. There are rumours that she is getting her own blog.

August

and a week has gone already. Not much happening at the moment. The weather had been quite warm but has become dull and drizzly.
We have had produce from the allotment, plenty of potatoes, beans and lettuce.

Last year we bought some teeny buddleia plants, two survived the winter cold and have flowered





We have a hollyhock


However the sweet peas were planted so late there is no sign of a bud yet