Leia and Rosa come to stay

Leia, Gromit, Wallace, Rosa & Tom

On Tuesday Karen drove up with Leia and Rosa.  We spent the morning getting in some groceries and tidying up in time for them arriving for lunch.  The idea was to take them to the outdoor pool, but it was very overcast.  However, Leia and Rosa are tough cookies and were very excited about the idea of swimming outside and wanted to go, so we packed up lots of towels and headed over.  We were surprised to find the pool quite busy.  The kids jumped straight in and had a great time.  So much so that before we knew it the whistle blew and it was time to get out.  We spent the rest of the afternoon in the park, before heading home for a Japanese curry dinner which they all ate up.

Matt went out to the first meeting of the new Whisky club which has been formed by the Old Post Office, so Karen and I stayed in for a natter.  The kids, tired out from swimming and playing went to bed without too much fuss and were asleep quickly.

Wednesday dawned grey and rainy so I decided to take them up to Wensleydale Creamery as they haven't been there to date.  I know that they had updated their visitor experience, but I wasn't expecting by how much - there was a whole new building with loads more interactive displays for the children to play with.  I think we ended up there for over an hour which was great.  Then, of course the tasting room before heading home.

Big Cow!

Even though it was raining, the children wanted to go swimming again, so we had a quick lunch and then headed out to the swimming pool.  Unfortunately, the life guard didn't turn up!  We were just about to give up when a mum turned up who just happens to be a swimming teacher and life guard, so she offered to be the life guard for the session and saved the day.

As Karen was starting work the next day, they left straight after the swimming.  It had been a good visit.