I'm posting a few days early for the third link-up of this year’s Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt, is hosted by Mary-Lou of Patio Postcards blog. Her link will go live on Monday, 31 August, but as that is a UK Bank Holiday, I'll be taking the day off. 🙂 I have another 7 items ticked off. 2) Something … Continue reading Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt | Link-up #3
I'm still reading romances ... The Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid (8 books in total, read on Kindle): All the women in these stories are smart and kick ass. There is plenty of female empowerment. Women supporting women. Yes, these are romance novels, but they are so much more. Each story is … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading August 2020
Week 33: I added an insert for this week to allow for extra photos. I met my friends for a drink at the pub. I took The Boy Child to buy school shoes. We travelled to South Lakeland for a long weekend - Ulverston and Gummer's Howe. Week 34: We ended our weekend away with … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 33 and 34
What a difference a day makes ... We were at Coniston Water early, hoping to rent a boat (having been told we could just turn up, book and head out onto the water) ... a little after 10 am on a Sunday morning and every single boat, regardless of size and capacity, was booked. We … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Northern Roadtrip – Coniston Water
Gummer's Howe in the Lake District offers the shortest hike with the best views. The climb up is just half a mile, but a half a mile that requires stamina and good footwear. Lake Windermere and Gummer's Howe If you're lucky and climb on a sunny and clear August morning, the views are breathtaking. On … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Northern Roadtrip – Gummer’s Howe
I have been visiting the South Lakeland market town of Ulverston for about 45 years. I spent part of every Summer holiday here in the late '70s and early '80s. As an adult, I've been here for weddings, several significant birthdays and funerals. I brought The Brainy One here a few months before we got … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Northern Roadtrip – Ulverston
After a lot of thought and planning, we recently embarked on a Northern road trip to South Lakeland for a long weekend. Our plan was to spend as much time as possible outside and to catch up with my friend-who-is-like-my-brother. Going nowhere The traffic certainly appeared to be back to pre-lockdown levels - we spent … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Northern Roadtrip
Two more spreads have been added to my Ascension Island album. Both feature photos from walks/hikes I did with friends and colleagues. Ascension had, and probably still does, twenty or more organised Letterbox walks - at the end of each walk there was a 'letterbox' (usually an old ammunition box) which held a stamp and … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #12
I met up with my two closest London friends recently ... in the pub. And here's the thing. I didn't feel comfortable with going to the pub ... but I went anyway ... because I wanted to see my friends. The pub looked fantastic, probably helped by the fact that it had undergone a major … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | At the Pub
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