Watsons Come to Visit

Gooning about

On Friday we went to the Snooty Fox in Kirkby for tea.  Tom and I both chose Moules and enjoyed them.  However, Tom was sick on Friday night in bed.  Oops!!!

He was fine on Saturday morning though and luckily football was cancelled as the weather was awful.  He was due to go to a swimming party in the afternoon and he was completely normal - eating loads, and bless him, he said that even if he couldn't go in the pool, he would like to go to watch!  We figured he was over it and let him swim, and he was fine, joined in a loved the pool party.  

Whilst he was at the pool, I delivered an owl cake to a holiday park in Carnforth.  Would have helped if the customer had given me the right name of the park - as I delivered it to the wrong one - oops!  Anyway, it was all sorted out.  I really enjoyed making the cake - was one of my better ones - it even had an earwig and fungi on it!

On the limestone pavement

We met back up at home and around 5.30 the Watsons arrived - them having been delayed by parties too.  I had made stew and rice, so we sat down almost straight away and gobbled it up.  Lisa and I then left the men with the children, whilst we went out for a drink at the Post Office (Cameron and Matt having had a night out recently in Edinburgh).  Very pleasant it was too.

In the morning after much debate we took the Watsons up to Ribblehead to do the circuit.  We were lucky in that the weather cleared pretty much as we got there and closed in as we left.  It was a pleasant walk, and good for the kids to have a run around.  It certainly is a gem of walk, you can see all 3 peaks, the viaduct and plenty of sheep and stone barns - what more could you want of the Dales?

We went back to Ingleton for coffee and cake at Inglesport and then the kids played as we made Sunday roast (we had one of those lumps of Pork from Keelham to work our way through).  Everyone ate up well.  All the kids were good.  Maggie (who is 12) has grown up sooooo much - definitely on the cusp between child and adult!  She loves lying in bed now, eats, eats, eats, can join in adult conversation but also likes playing with the younger kids.  A really lovely girl.

Sunday roast

They left soon after lunch, I don't think we did much: cleared up, watched a film, had a bath and went to bed.