Mum and Dad come to stay

I have a confession to make, I have got mega behind with this blog.  It is 6th January and I am trying to remember what we did over a month ago.  Not great, and even with Facebook to prompt me as to what we did, I can't quite remember, so this is going to be a short entry.  Sorry!

Christmas Tree Decorating Team

So, Mum and Dad came up on the last Thursday of November for their pre-Christmas visit in time to collect Tom from school.  On the Friday they headed off on the Settle Carlisle railway to Carlisle and enjoyed themselves, it was a lovely day so there were great views of the countryside to be had.

Friday night was Late Night Shopping in Ingleton with the lantern parade, reindeer and Santa visiting.  In past years it has been a really good night with a great turnout, but this year they didn't advertise it very well, they certainly didn't tell the school and as a result hardly anyone turned up - such a shame.  The lantern parade actually left on time for the first time ever so most people missed it as normally it is late.  There was a fun fair in the Wheatsheaf car park but it wasn't open at the time of the parade?  It was all a bit sad.  We hung around for a little while, did the tombola, watched the old ladies do their tap dancing and then headed home.  I wonder if it will happen at all next year?!

At the Tarn

On Saturday Tom had football in the morning.  Once he got back, he and Matt headed out to the farm to pick up a Christmas tree.  Mum and Dad helped Tom decorate it - they did a good job too, in fact it was a really lovely bushy tree.  Matt was down with a cold whilst Mum and Dad were up.  We had a table booked at The Marton Arms for tea, but he was feeling so rubbish he decided to stay at home.  A shame as we had good nosh.



Sunday we decided to all go out for a day of fresh air.  First stop was the Lime Kilns of Stainforth.  Mum excelled herself, managing to get over a style and over uneven ground to have a good look around.  We then had lunch at Watershed Mill with Pat and Bob before heading to Malham Tarn for a walk to blow away the cobwebs.  It was a lovely afternoon - Mum once again did really well, walking further than we thought.

Happy in pink or is it red?!

Monday Mum and Dad went home - shame, it went too quickly as always.  Thanks for the visit, please try to come in the Summer next year.