No visitors this weekend believe it or not, we weren't sure what to do with ourselves! Saturday Matt was playing cricket at Silverdale so we all headed over that way. We stopped off at the PYO and spent an hour collecting raspberries, gooseberries and black currants ready for jamming (if I can find any jam sugar in the shops!) We then drove to the RSPB place at Leighton Moss and it's cafe for lunch. It was at this point that Matt suddenly realised he didn't have his cricket whites with him, so he gulped his lunch down in seconds and headed back home on his motorbike, whilst Tom and I had a more relaxing lunch.
Tom was complaining of tiredness so we got back in the car and headed home - he fell asleep and was out for a good half hour as I drove to Settle (I needed to get some numeral cake tins for a cake I'm making this week) we then did our errands and headed home. As soon as we got home Joel from next door came round - dressed as a pirate ready for the Midsummer Medley on Monday. Tom was excited to see him and went completely loopy - over excited some might say! They ended up going to Joel's house and I suddenly felt very alone in a very quiet house.
I made some tea and then went to get Tom from next door. Big mistake - he was very unhappy that I had collected him and screamed the place down. Joel's house was obviously much better than ours and the prospect of tea in my company didn't enthral him at all - I was public enemy No 1. It took quite a while to calm him down.
He came home and cheered up enough to eat dinner. Joel then came round to make sure he was alright. Tom immediately went nuts again, jumping around, not listening to me or Joel - talk about over-excitement. Is it really that bad to be at home with us. He was completely uncontrollable to the extent that even Joel was wondering why he had bothered coming round as Tom wasn't playing with him at all, just jumping up and down and yelling?!. Paula (Joel's mum) came round for a chat and to say not to feel compelled to keep Joel here, especially if he is being a pain. We had a nice chat, I got to know a bit more about them.
Finally Joel left after stubbing his toe on a chair in the kitchen, and I put Tom to bed just before Matt turned up from cricket (they lost again).
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| Steam Train |
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| Bouncing |
On Sunday we headed to Miller Beck as they were open for a Teddy Bear's Picnic. Totoro got an outing. We arrived just as it opened and had the trains to ourselves. First we all tried out an electric train, then Tom and I had a ride on a steam train and then Matt and Tom had a ride on another steam train. There was also a bouncy castle which Tom managed to get for himself. It was a pleasant morning - all the volunteers were lovely. Tom was offered a sit on the engine of the steam train, but he refused, suddenly going all shy (silly boy).
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| Climbing up the cliff |
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| Made it to the top in fierce wind |
Our tummies were rumbling so we decided to go on a pub hunt. We found a good one: The Masons Arms in Cartmel Fell. A really lovely pub serving great food (serving the residents of Millionaire's Row judging by the cars and fashion) We had a bigger than average lunch so decided to head back to Gummers How for a walk. It was a great walk, not a long one, but a steep one with which you are rewarded with fantastic 360 views of Windermere and the Lake District Hills on one side and Ingleborough and the Dales on the other. We could even see the Bay and Blackpool Tower. It was very very windy on top, at first Tom didn't want to go to the top, but after a sit down he suddenly got some courage and agreed to try it. He was a star, it was mega windy on top and he didn't whimper! We are getting there with the wind - yahooo!
We got home, Tom slept again on the way home - he must be tired from school, and he missed 2 weeks of it this half term! He was grumpy when he got up so it was tea, bath and bed.
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