Keeping the memories alive…
A cruise at last! After missing out on our Canada and New England cruise last September due to Patrick being admitted into hospital for a month, we were ready for this one. We almost didn’t make it to the ship though! Buying sunglasses in the airport, thinking we had 45 minutes to get to the boarding gate, we heard an announcement for the ‘last call for flight xxxx at gate 2. Panic stricken we began …
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Well it’s been ages so what better than to make a new post of pictures from 5 years ago! Flicking through instagram earlier I saw a post from @janiecrow, a crochet designer whose work I love. She had been to Venice and posted photos of washing lines full of washing, having been captivated by the washing and the colours of the buildings behind so had taken photos. It reminded me of our cruise in 2017 …
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We decided we needed another short break before the year is out so I booked us a four night stay in an apartment overlooking the beach in Saltburn by the Sea. As we often are, we were again very fortunate with the weather, for the whole stay it was mild, dry and mostly sunny. Monday, our day of travel was probably the worst weather and even then not bad, just dull and misty. However, driving …
Read more“Every day for a year, at sunrise and sunset, a vigil will keep watch over Hull from a bespoke structure located on top of the Hull College building.” So reads the description of this project on it’s website The Hull Vigil. Over the past eight years, The Vigil has been running continuously in cities in France, Germany, Netherlands and Austria. Now, in 2021, it is Hull’s turn. As soon as I read about this extraordinary, year …
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Well not exactly but very close. For our holiday, we had booked Mill House Cottage Annexe, an old converted watermill on the banks of Endrick Water, a river running through the hamlet of Garness, about 15 miles north of Glasgow and 10 miles or so from Balloch at the southern tip of Loch Lomond. The riverside location is what attracted me and though I didn’t realise it until we got there, the waterfall known as …
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