Keeping the memories alive…
General blather about my daily life
What a fabulous weekend we’ve just had in London! As my friends will already know, we do try to get to London at least once a year, we just love the busy-ness of the place and can always find something to do. This trip was carefully planned, I’ve wanted to see The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre for years so that was Friday evening’s plan, followed by a visit to Cahoots Underground, a 1940s themed …
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I’ve never been to Harewood House in Yorkshire despite it being only an hour or so away by car, so this month I booked us couple of nights’ stay in the charming Harewood Arms. I have to confess to an ulterior motive though, my plan was to also visit the church of All Saint’s Harewood where some of my ancestors were hatched, matched and despatched and then on our way home to Hull, to visit …
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Yes, I am aware that I’ve missed April. The weather was so wet and cold that we actually couldn’t really be bothered with much and there didn’t seem much point in spending money just for the sake of saying we’d been somewhere! We enjoyed a cosy month at home, I did a bit of sewing so all was well with our world. So we’re down to 11 in 12 but it doesn’t have the same …
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Ciao! Continuing on with our 12 in 12 Challenge and March’s expedition was to Italy. Somewhere both of us have wanted to visit for ages but never got around to. After looking at various places, we decided on Rome and Pisa as a good start. As is usual, click on any gallery pictures to see full size. After a fairly straightforward journey to Manchester Airport, we had a couple of hours to spare before the …
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So, after sewing on the kitchen table for long enough, I decided that I would turn the spare bedroom into my craft space. There is no bed in it, as since I had some fitted wardrobes built a few years ago there is no room for a permanent bed. We do have an inflatable mattress for if anyone does ever need to stay but in reality, the only person who uses the room besides me …
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