So Matt pointed out to me that this is my 1000th post on the blog. Wow! Feeling quite good with the achievement, although as usual I am behind with my posts and playing catch up. However, if you had told me 6 years ago that the blog would still be going (albeit weekends and holidays only) I would have been surprised!
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| Our Handsome Boy |
First things first, Matt took a gorgeous photo of Tom in Ullswater on Tuesday so here it is blown up for you to enjoy, certainly worthy of our 1000th blog post.
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| Glenridding |
Yes Tuesday was spent on Ullswater. We had Tesco vouchers which gave us all Rover Tickets for the day. It was the most gorgeous day - blue skies and autumn leaves. Not a breath of wind, meaning a still lake and we got to sit outside on the boat without getting cold. In fact our hats, gloves and scarves which we diligently packed didn't come out of our bag! We even sat outside in a beer garden at Pooley Bridge for lunch (where the photo was taken) and didn't get cold. We didn't do a lot to be honest other than sitting back and enjoying the scenery, weather and company. Not bad for a free day out. Of course the day came to an end earlier than we would have wished, but that was because of the clocks going back, not because we weren't enjoying ourselves, once the sun had gone behind the mountains it got cold and we couldn't see anything, so we came home.
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| Pooley Bridge |
Wednesday was quite different to Tuesday in that we had rain all day! We decided to have a quiet day. We went swimming with Lynne and Matthew in the morning. Wow! Tom completely surprised me. When I took him swimming during the Summer holidays we fell out as he constantly cried and clung to me. I gave him a good talking too before we left this time. He couldn't have been more different. Not only did he not cling to me, but he decided that he was going to do 14 lengths, and off he went and did them. I couldn't quite believe it, but was very very pleased. So much so that I took him to Ireby Farm Cafe for lunch so he could have a smoked salmon sandwich as a reward. I think we MUST have turned the corner with swimming now, surely he can't go backwards from here?! The afternoon was spent slobbing out in front of the telly watching a Thomas film (Tom still loves Thomas the Tank Engine)
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| Tram in the lights |
Thursday started off rainy but it had cheered up by lunchtime which was good as we were heading to Blackpool for a day of good ole British tackiness. Once again Tescos had come up with the goods and we had vouchers to go to the Sea Life Centre - just as well as it was crowded to capacity, full of pushchairs and people. It wasn't a relaxing visit, but we enjoyed ourselves and managed not to get too much crowd rage and we managed to be near the shark tank just as the talk was happening so we got to learn some bits and pieces. We were glad to leave though and we were glad we didn't pay full price. We came out to bright blue sunshine, so we revelled in it for a while and even managed to find a nice and trendy bar with an outdoor space to have a drink and sit down. Once we had recovered we headed to the pier amusements to waste some money on the 2p slots. It didn't take long, we were more rubbish than normal at it (must be because it was so busy with it being half term that all the machines had been hit big time before we got there). We then got ourselves a bag of donuts (we are very boring when we come to Blackpool these days, always following the same pattern of things to do). As we munched on the donuts, the illuminations came on so we finished up and walked up towards Bispham. It seemed to take a fraction of the time it took last year - I guess our (Tom's) legs are getting fitter (and longer). We then headed to Bispham Kitchen and had fish and chips with bread and butter. The perfect end to a day in Blackpool. Great fun.
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| Huge spaceman |
Friday - once again it rained in the morning, so Tom and I spent it trying to tidy the house up (not hugely successful). We had lunch by which time it had stopped raining and then Kate and Finn dropped by. We were going for a bike ride together up in Chapel-le-Dale, just off the road to Hawes. It was a good rugged, muddy and wet bike ride with plenty of puddles. Tom had to get off his bike and walk with it a couple of times, but on the whole he did really well (remember Finn is an Ace Mountain Biker - he does jumps and all sorts of tricks!) and more or less kept up with Finn. It was a lovely afternoon - the sky had cleared so we had blue sky, the boys got on really well and the scenery was magnificent as we were between Ingleborough and Ribblehead. Unfortunately for you I was enjoying the afternoon so much that I didn't take any photos - sorry! We spent the evening around Finn's house, the boys played and we nattered. Tom was well fed with a chicken stir fry. Matt, not wanting to be lonely on a Friday night, headed to The Old Post Office and found some friends to share a couple of beers with. We ended the day with a take away Indian. Not a bad day.
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