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Images from our visit to York back in October 2015. We spent two nights there which was plenty time for us to explore. We made a half-hearted attempt at following the cat trail but abandoned it in favour of just wandering. I'm sure there's much we missed, but we visited the main tourist sites including Clifford's Tower, Jorvik and the Minster. Standing in the long queue to get into the Minster afforded plenty of time for photographs. We also enjoyed a little bit of shopping - not too much though, I'm not much of a shopper! If you are,then there is an amazing variety of shops to visit.<br />
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I've still a few more Yorkshire pics to sort and share. I'm getting there!<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-57460840750175796222016-02-07T16:02:00.001+00:002016-02-09T21:39:59.542+00:00Helmsley and Rievaulx.Rewinding to October... here are some images of Helmsley Castle and Rievaulx Abbey from our trip to Yorkshire, after leaving Staithes and before arriving in York. We followed the advice of walking to the abbey from Hemsley (parking space is limited due to visitor centre rennovations). It felt a long walk there, but as always seems to be the case, a much shorter walk back again (6 miles in total). It was rather a murky day so the photos don't do the sites justice, particularly the abbey which is rather amazing. As you will see, I enjoyed trying to photograph the local pheasants. Also, look out for the friendly puppy in the cottage garden near the abbey...<br />
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Here are some outdoor pics from over the holidays. The first is a much zoomed in sunset pic from the back door. Then there is a set of photos from a short solo bike ride. To mark the end of this, there's a photo of the cat pretending to be an ornament on the piano(!), then a series from a family walk we made round the Formakin Estate. Next there's a picture of the cushion tapestry which has consumed much of my time these holidays, and to finish, some shots of a sunset over the loch during a family bike ride. There has been very little blue sky to be seen - we've made the most of the dry weather but the skies have been mostly grey, even on the "good" days. Fortunately we've not been affected by floods which have blighted unluckier parts of the UK. I think we've all had enough rain now...<br />
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I know it's on its side, but I like it that way...<br />
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The decorations are still up.<br />
We are still eating Christmas goodies.<br />
We've a panto trip booked.<br />
There's not been a single sign of snow yet this winter.<br />
We have a warm house! We now realise that the heating hasn't been working at proper capacity for several years. The exceptionally mild weather is also helping too.<br />
We're finally going to see the new Star Wars film later today.<br />
Over the hoidays I met up with old work colleagues last seen over 10 years ago. None of us had changed (other than all getting a little wider!), we started off as if we'd never left.<br />
I'm thinking sorting out photos for blogging takes up too much time - I'm afraid Instagram is winning.<br />
However, for the record here are some festive pics from around the house. I do like to look back on these now and again...<br />
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I hope anyone still reading had a lovely Christmas and I wish you all a Happy New Year! Lang may yer lum reek...<br />
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We walked from Staithes to the beach at Mulgrave then back again. A lovely coastal walk with some great views enhanced by the good weather and beautiful blue skies. It was a steep climb down to the sea at Mulgrave but well worth it. It was an unusual spot with many interesting shacks sheltering under the cliffs and the shale on the beach was full of fossils. The children were delighted to discover clay which they could mould and we'd all have liked to have lingered longer but needed to return before too long to feed the parking meter at Staithes.<br />
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I'd like some of the lovely October weather back. It's been so stormy here for days on end, we're all fed up of the wind and rain. To top it all our heating has now packed in so the house is feeling cold and damp too. Grrr...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-9199510972715698592015-11-15T18:36:00.003+00:002015-11-15T18:36:43.830+00:00Runswick Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Runswick Bay photos.<br />
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It was thanks to <a href="http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/">Jacquie</a> that we visited here at all, she'd been in the area the previous week and had posted some lovely photos of Runswick Bay on Instagram. I find blogs and Instagram excellent sources of ideas for places to visit.<br />
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We all loved the big open beach and the picturesque lanes in the village. Definitely somewhere we'd return to if we're ever nearby again.<br />
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Next we moved to Staithes on the Yorkshire coast for four nights, a very picturesque fishing village. <br />
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We went fossil hunting on the beach and weren't disappointed! The one in the last pic was my best find.<br />
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Here is the first set of photos from our week spent in the north of England away back at the beginning of October.<br />
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We spent the first night of our holiday in Chollerford near Hadrian's wall. Before arriving at our hotel we walked along a section of wall past the famous "Sycamore Gap" to Housesteads Roman Fort and then back again to the car - six miles and some of it quite hilly too. I remember getting rather hot and puffed out at times.<br />
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I photographed the robin while he was watching hubby and the kids play a game of chess with the giant sized chess pieces in the garden of the hotel (we stayed at the George Hotel, nice swimming pool and yummy breakfasts!).<br />
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We then visited Chesters Roman Fort. It's amazing that so much remains after 2000 years, I wish I had a time machine!<br />
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The cake pic is from the wee tea room at Chesters. I'm rather fond of the Fentiman rose lemonade. I've not seen it for sale up here, will need to seek it out.<br />
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I've a few (ahem!) more photos to post from our trip. We saw so much and were lucky with the weather.<br />
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Things are very busy again as I have a class full time till Christmas so lots of planning and prep involved before and after school, lovely kids though. Needless to say, blogging has been pushed rather down the priority list as something has to give. But I'm not stopping yet!<br />
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Pigeons in flight.<br />
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A last wild rose, with beastie.<br />
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Characterful fencepost and stubbly field.<br />
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Tones of golden brown.<br />
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Seedhead silhouette.<br />
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Bright rosehips.<br />
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A favourite view.<br />
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Yellowhammer (I think!)<br />
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Farm sign with balancing sheep. Meikle means big, in other parts of Scotland it's written and pronounced as muckle.<br />
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Seeing double.<br />
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First sight of some of the buildings of Formakin Estate.<br />
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More buildings on the Formaking Estate. It was also known locally as the monkey house due to the many carvings of monkeys on the roofs. You can just make out some on top of the roof of the building on the left. I'll zoom in on them...<br />
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The pair on the right of the roof.<br />
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A single monkey on the left.<br />
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More estate buildings, also with rooftop monkeys.<br />
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Red campion still flowering.<br />
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Squashed Irn Bru can.<br />
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Leaving the buildings behind.<br />
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Recently sown winter barley.<br />
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Looking across the Clyde.<br />
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Horse with pink coat.<br />
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The road ahead, heading west with the Clyde to the north.<br />
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Sheep dots.<br />
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A once grand entrance.<br />
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Gate detail.<br />
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A road with a view.<br />
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Ivy ready to bloom.<br />
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Umbellifer.<br />
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Sticky willy seed pods.<br />
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Rusty roof.<br />
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Bike shot.<br />
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Distant wind farm.<br />
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Male chaffinch.<br />
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Conkers.<br />
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Farm buildings, staw bales and misty mountains.<br />
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Sheep and pylons.<br />
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Autumn fruiting raspberries outside the bike shed. Delicious!<br />
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The schools here are now off for a week for the October break. Yippee!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-57863124486585132112015-10-04T10:02:00.001+01:002015-10-04T10:03:06.439+01:00Saturday Morning Bike RideBike ride pics from yesterday. Another lovely Autumnal morning.<br />
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I think this is my fifth bike ride since the beginning of August when I managed to start riding again fairly regularly. I noticed this time that the hills seemed much easier than before - I'm taking it as a sign that I'm getting fitter, which would be nice!<br />
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I spotted a little bird whilst out on my bike that I'm having a little trouble identifying. I think it may be a juvenile yellow hammer, what do you think?<br />
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I also found some interesting sheep. When I take a sheep photo I always think of <a href="http://mereknits-mereknits.blogspot.co.uk/">Meredith</a> as I know she likes them. Bend in the road photos are for <a href="http://mrsmicawber.blogspot.co.uk/">Sue</a>!<br />
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For much of this ride I am under the flight path for planes taking off from Glasgow airport which is why a large plane suddenly appears about halfway through. It is also a ride wich takes me past several reservoirs and lochs. It was a very still morning, the reflections in the water are lovely.<br />
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My robin friend was there to greet me when I came back. I've never known such a fearless robin. He lands on the ground or a branch just a couple of feet away and isn't scared off when I move. I may try and see if I can get him to feed from my hand like I've seen others do, that would be fun!<br />
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On the Saturday N and I visited the Weaver's Cottage before it closed for the winter (it is now closed and doesn't re-open till April).<br />
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We saw the 200 year old loom in operation, I admired the gorgeous colours of the wool on the shelves, N had a go on a tiny loom (plus there is also a larger loom that visitors can operate under supervison).<br />
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The garden isn't huge but is very pretty. I particularly liked all the various carved stone items that were dotted around and the potted pelargoniums.<br />
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Before leaving we bought a little sheep in the gift shop for N to add to his collection.<br />
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I have spent the last three Sunday afternoons cutting back the hedge (it's still not quite finished, sigh). Last Sunday there was a newcomer to the garden who was keeping me company. He was very friendly. I think I did uncover quite a few insects for him including a ladybird - I had gone inside to get my camera to photograph a ladybird I'd found but when I can back outside the ladybird had disappeared...<br />
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We had a recent visit to Loch Lomond. We based ourselves at Luss and took a boat trip round the Loch. It was braw...<br />
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September is proving to be a gorgeous month. When it behaves (as it has this year) it is one of my favourite months of the year. We've had lovely golden sunshine, the leaves are staring to turn, and we're currently in the middle of a holiday weekend. Lovely!<br />
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September - one of my favourite months, always helped by the weather tending to be good (ie not too wet) which has indeed been the case this year. Today starts off a little damp and murky, but it's not actually raining. In contrast to last week, the mist is lying over high ground instead of low ground. There is no sun to be seen, but Autumn colours are all around. I was pleased to see swallows, I hope they're giving themselves enough time to get back to Africa safely for the winter. The last two photos were taken with a "colour pop" filter set on my camera. Before I could figure out how to reset it my camera batteries died, however, the journey home from this point is the same as the journey out last week (minus the reservoir detour) and it makes for a much less interesting journey in the opposite direction so I'm not too disappointed. A fair few hills were covered today and required some effort on my part. I'm quite unfit as I've pretty much missed two years of cycling being too busy during my PGDE and probationer year. I'm enjoying having more spare time as a supply teacher despite currently working full time (at a very nice school, which I would be happy to stay at if I could!). It's a local holiday weekend here and we've been visiting a few places already so I've lots more photos to share soon. Enjoy your weekend...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-38401359354855901562015-09-20T08:51:00.000+01:002015-09-20T11:26:33.278+01:00Saturday morning bike ride.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A misty start. Lots of dew-dropped cobwebs and ripening berries.</span><br />
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Days like these put me in mind of the first line of "To Autumn" by Keats - <i>"</i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><i>Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,"</i>. <a href="http://occasionalscotland.blogspot.co.uk/">Linda @ Occasional Scotland</a> introduced me to few more lines which I now can't get out my head as I am hearing (but not seeing) robins whenever I am out and about: <i>"</i></span><i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;">and now with treble soft </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;">The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;</span></i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><i> And gathering swallows twitter in the skies."</i> I saw swallows still here on Wednesday!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-61568080665350459442015-09-12T11:48:00.000+01:002015-09-12T11:48:10.500+01:00Recently...A mostly recent but rather random collection of photos...<br />
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I managed to have a clear out of the bedroom during the school holidays. The job is not quite complete, hence just the one view. A vast improvement though. As you can see, we have very slopey ceilings upstairs. I like them for the character they add, but during winter time the room does become very cold as there's no insulation. Brrr.<br />
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Black headed gull at the loch.<br />
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A favourite farmhouse on the far shore of the loch.<br />
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Umbellifers at the loch.<br />
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I always forget the name of this wildflower, sorry.<br />
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Some of the garden produce from August. Our raspberry bushes have been really productive this year. I've made quite a few crumbles, Eve's puddings, cakes, muffins etc with them as well as just eating them straight from the canes (the best way!).<br />
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I tried them in a streusel cake with some blackcurrants. It was a little dry, probably better to use a jar of cherries like the recipes is originally for.<br />
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Back to the loch another day, this time we cycled.<br />
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Sparkles.<br />
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More umbellifers.<br />
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Back home again now. The birds love to perch in the little hawthorn tree as it's near the bird table.<br />
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On this day there were lots of sparrows making use of it. It's fairly close to the back door, so good for taking photos without the birds noticing me.<br />
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Now to a recent day trip.<br />
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The Falkirk Wheel...<br />
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...and the Kelpies. We took the bikes and cycled along the canal from the wheel to the Kelpies. It's not the best cycle path - there are a few roads to cross and at one point you need to carry your bike up and down quite a lot of steps.<br />
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I took loads of photos! I'll only include a few. We met one of my brothers here, he stays quite nearby, it was nice to catch up.<br />
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Back home again. This is the only non-white butterfly I have seen in the garden this whole summer. It's a peacock, my favourite, but this was the best photo I managed before he flew away, he didn't stay long. Normally we have quite a decent amount of butterflies visiting the garden during August (we have several buddleia bushes for them) so it's a little concerning.<br />
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And now we've caught up to last weekend. Hubby was away so no bike ride for me, instead I was supposed to take the kids to swimming lessons. However, the weather was glorious and there were lots of local events running. We decided to go to the Largs Viking Festival.<br />
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Viking food. I didn't take many photos in the village, the views over the Clyde were much more tempting. After lunch at the festival (doughnuts and hot dogs - not very traditional!) which we ate watching the yachts and ferry from the beach we headed on down to Portencross.<br />
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Normally we spend quite a long time at the beach at Portencross but it was looking a little dingy and there was a terrible smell (something very metallic) so we spent most of the time at the rocks beside the castle. It's a beautiful spot.<br />
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Well, there's no bike ride today either as the weather is minging. Nevermind, it's given me a chance to get my photos sorted, now for some catch-up blog reading...<br />
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I'm glad to see the swallows are still here, though I doubt for much longer as many of them are gathering on overhead wires in preparation for leaving.<br />
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Some cows line up for a photo, I like it when they do that!<br />
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I take the easy route home along the cycle path past the Roman soldiers though I do add a few hills on at the end, puffing my way up them.<br />
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Once home I notice that the blackbirds have already stripped the rowan tree in the garden of its berries. I meant to photograph the berries before they did so, I'd fogotten how quickly the birds take the berries once they're ready.<br />
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It's been a busy weekend and I've many photos to sort through. I've a busy few weeks ahead so will try and fit it all in somehow!<br />
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Enjoy your week...<br />
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I saw... the (not ancient at all!) stone circle, lots of gates, sheep, cows, wide open views, empty roads, the tree avenue, harebells, ragwort, umbels, butterflies (only white ones still), swallows (with us yet - summer is not over!).<br />
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I smelt... the sweet scent of himalayan balsam (I know it shouldn't be here, but it does smell lovely) and wild honeysuckle.<br />
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I heard... aeroplanes (we are under the flight path for Glasgow airport after all, even if it does look like I'm in the middle of nowhere much of the time), sheep baaing and silence (between the aeroplanes!).<br />
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I felt... puffed out by the long steep hill and by the end my thighs definitely felt like they'd been put to work. Physically, I pushed myself harder than I have for a long time (I am rather unfit I have to say).<br />
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I enjoyed it all very much...<br />
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(I didn't eat anything hence the lack of a report for taste!)<br />
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Looking down to the <a href="http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/glen-isla-p241521">River Isla at Reekie Linn</a>. It's a 150 foot drop! Linn means waterfall and reekie means smokey which refers to the visual effect of the spume from the waterfall. I found it hard to get a good image of the waterfall as we didn't go far along the walk and the view from where we were was blocked by trees, hence this photo of the drop instead.<br />
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If you have time to linger, there's a nice woodland path to follow.<br />
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We then went to the nearby <a href="http://www.peelfarm.com/">Peel Farm Cafe</a> for cake (it had been a 2 hour drive to reach here, so it was time for some re-fuelling). I had ginger and lemon, A had a minty chocolatey biscuity tray bake and N had chocolate orange gateau. All delicious.<br />
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There's a nice little rustic playpark at the farm, hens and ducks wandering around, supposedly deer (we didn't see any) and some of the barns have been set up as shops selling local goods. I rather liked the old water wheel outside with the different stone textures surrounding it.<br />
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We took the back roads for the next section of our journey. I stopped the car to admire the view, here is a sweep round of four photos looking from west to north to east.<br />
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And here is a zoomed in view of the Airlie momument. It's great cycling country - lots of quiet farm roads with interesting and pretty views.<br />
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While in Angus we decided to make more use of our Historic Scotland membership and visit <a href="http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyabout.htm?PropID=PL_129">Edzell castle</a>. I hadn't been for a few years, it's funny how memory can trick you - it was actually far bigger than I remembered and more impressive. The gardens are beautiful. It was a super fast visit for us though as we needed to be elsewhere in a short while to meet up with friends for lunch.<br />
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(It's a shame about the box blight, you can see that the bed furthest to the left (almost out the picture) has been re-planted, an ongoing project).<br />
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Now we're at Montrose. We've had our lunch (tasty "gourmet" burgers at <a href="http://www.roosleap.com/Home.html">Roo's Leap</a>) and the children are playing at the park with their "new" friends (they've not seen each other for six years so have no recollection of each other), I wander over the road to get a view of the sea...<br />
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Wow, I'd forgotten how vast Montrose beach is. This is looking to the north...<br />
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...and this is to the south, to Scurdie Ness lighthouse.<br />
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We spent a long time here, so much so that I had to omit the next destination on our itinerary, but it was worth it to see the children having fun together. They're very keen to meet up again and are pestering us to make sure we don't leave it another six years.<br />
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Now to our last destination. Here are some views from "Up The Hill". There's a fantastic playpark here so more fun for the children leaving me free to gaze at the scenery and cast my mind down memory lane. We also go for a walk to visit some more friends not seen for a few years before heading back to the playground for yet another play.<br />
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Then home. We don't get home till 10:30pm but it absolutely was a grand day out.<br />
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I'm not going to linger long here on the blog - because the sun is shining! We're jooking the Saturday swimming lessons and are off to do some more outdoorsy stuff. Enjoy your weekend!<br />
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It has become a tradition for us to end a visit to <a href="http://andamentoblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/culzean.html">Culzean</a> with a stop off at Dunure. It is a tiny little place but with lots to merit a visit - a harbour, a beach, a castle, a playpark and, best of all (I think), a labyrinth. There is also a pub which does nice meals (though we didn't stop there this time) and a cafe for ice cream and cakes etc.<br />
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The view to Arran and the Holy Isle as you approach Dunure along the coast road.<br />
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A view of the harbour. Not its best angle but it's the only one I took.<br />
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Wind vane.<br />
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Across the beach to the castle. My memory had tricked me - I remembered the sand being soft and white (it'actually grey and rather gritty).<br />
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A view of the castle from the other side. This is the view you get from the labyrinth.<br />
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Here you can see A & N making their way round.<br />
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The centre of the labyrinth.<br />
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The labyrinth from above. Apparently it's a seven circuit Cretan design. It's a fairly recent creation, not an ancient monument at all! We all walked round the paths to the centre and then round the paths back out again. It felt wrong to jump over the stones somehow. You can trace the route with your finger on the photo, it's a surprisingly long distance. Sometimes you feel you've reached your destination when you've actually still got quite far to go. A bit like life perhaps. What's the difference between a labyrinth and a maze? A maze has lots of branching paths which you need to choose between, it's like a puzzle. A labyrinth only has a single path to the centre.<br />
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Another view to the west, bars of sunshine highlighting the sea,<br />
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We also quickly visited the castle. There is limited access in that parts are closed off for safety reasons, but you can get in the open areas at any time. There's a mention on one of the information boards about the roasting of the Crossraguel commendant referred to in <a href="http://andamentoblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/crossraguel.html">a previous post</a>. He survived by the way! <br />
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Lastly, a thistle spotted on the way back to the car.<br />
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It was a magical day out with beautiful loations and beautiful weather. It felt like a holiday and has provided lots of happy visual memories to look back on.<br />
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The swan pond cormorant drying his wings. We drove down to the swan pond area first as this is where the amazing new adventure play park is, the kids loved it, I didn't bother photographing it, sorry!.<br />
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Roses.<br />
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Fish in the swan pond.<br />
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We then headed to the walled garden. I loved this bit, the kids were less keen. We zoomed through, I still managed to get quite a few flower shots...<br />
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I include this view again as it's a favourite.<br />
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This is taken from the ladies toilet cubicle in the courtyard tearoom!<br />
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Lovely views to Arran from this part of the coast.<br />
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<br />Earliest records of the abbey date from 1215. One macabre story relating to the abbey occurred in 1569. By this time the Reformation (in 1560) meant that the abbey was no longer an active religious community and a comendant had been assigned by the Crown to oversee the land and property owned by the abbey. In 1569 this commendant was forced to sign over the abbey, its lands and revenues to Gilbert Kennedy, the 4th Earl of Cassilis, his agreement to do so was obtained only because the Earl kidnapped him and had him roasted over a fire at Dunure Castle. <br />
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I'd passed the abbey before but had never visited. I hadn't realised there was so much to see, it's definitely worth a visit if you're in the area (and like ruins!). There's a tower you can climb for some lovely views and there are so many passageways and hidden nooks to explore which the children enjoyed too. The steward was very friendly and chatty. We somehow got on the subject of medieval/renasissance music, it turns out his son has recored a couple of films of him playing the gittern which he has uploaded to YouTube. I don't want to link directly, just search for Crossraguel performance on YouTube and you'll find the videos. Worth a listen, very atmospheric - the acoutics of parts of the abbey are amazing (especially if you find your way to the room where you can have a shot at carving stone, we were singing away in there!) I'd rather like a gittern now, they look and sound very attractive - I wonder if I could tune it like my uke!<br />
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We caught the ferry by the skin of our teeth due to parking issues yet again (there's a car park opposite the church a hundred yards or so south of the ferry terminal which is useful to know about (though not for use on a Sunday!)).<br />
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The crossing was amazing. I hadn't been to Bute for a few years and it's definitely the best crossing of the ones we've done more recently (Arran and Cumbrae). There were fantastic views to all sides and it was lovely to see the yachts bobbing about in the sun. The cloud formations were pretty fabulous too.<br />
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We'd taken the bikes and had planned to do a short loop involving visits to two beaches on the west of the island. Although Bute is not a moutainous island, there is a hill to climb and descend in order to get to the far side if taking the shortest route. It was a little too much for N. We made it to one of the beaches with a lot of help from hubby who practically pushed N the whole way up the hill. After time at the beach we just went straight back the way we came. I always feel I've never explored Bute properly. I'd like to come back on my own sometime and get right round the island properly (along with my camera, of course!)<br />
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This was the last section of the path to the beach. I thought it looked lovely with A cycling ahead. It was only after I'd taken the photo that I realised I'd actually managed to capture her falling off her bike! She was fine.<br />
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A picnic at beautiful St Ninian's Bay and a short wander/play (I wish I'd taken a longer wander myself), then back to Rothesay. For some reason it was a lot easier going back than it had been coming and took a lot less time. After ice cream and a fish supper (in that order!) and a sighting of the very busy Waverley ("the last sea going paddle steamer in the world") in Rothesay, it was time to make the crossing back to the mainland.<br />
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Of course, the fantastic weather helped. It's not been a great summer weather-wise so we were determined to make the best of what we had. A week of sunny, summery, warm weather would be lovely please, before school starts back (we've two weeks of school holidays left, aaargh!).<br />
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Anyway, here's a map showing the various Clyde ferry routes. Having these so close to home is one of the good things about living here. Somehow it's just magical to get on a ferry and cross to an island for the day. We're spoiled for choice really. Cycling-wise, Cumbrae would have been a better choice for us today. You can cycle right round the island, the distance in doing that is only about 10 miles and it is very flat, N would have managed it fine. Next time!<br />
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And finally, I hope I didn't come across as too much of an Instagram fan in my last post. I actually wish it didn't exist! I'd much prefer it if everyone there were back blogging or using Flickr to share photos. I like to take photos with a proper camera not my phone. I don't have time to take and post pictures with both. However, Instagram is there and it's very popular and there's nothing I can do about it. "Nothing endures but change" as they say...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110545709667707541.post-3146431559760061772015-07-24T10:14:00.001+01:002015-07-24T10:14:44.965+01:00Moving On?<br />
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I begin with biscuits. They look nice, which sort of links into something I want to mention. Now that school is finished I have a little more time, not just for blogging, but also for seeing what other people are up to and as part of that I've finally got myself onto Instagram. Well, that seems to be where the party now is folks. I did wonder why flickr was so quiet - all I was getting on my feed were landscape shots from "proper" photographers and very few house/craft/food shots. Well, I like flickr for storing, arranging and sharing my photos from my proper camera. I realise now that the sharing part is important to me as when I do share them on flickr, to be honest, not much happens. So I've started sharing pictures on Instagram. (I have a different username there as I somehow linked my instagram to my facebook account so real people can find me on it). I am quite enjoying taking a quick photo with my phone and being able to post it straight away with a little comment. I've found many bloggers on instagram and it is nice to be able to join in. I do feel like a newbie though and it can take work to get established so we'll see how it goes. If you see me there please say hello, I'll be easy to spot I'm sure, it's all similar stuff and I'll use the same avatar once I figure out how to add it! <br />
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Last week, when it wasn't raining, I managed to get out for an evening cycle...<br />
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It was a gorgeous, sunny, clear evening with great views of the mountains. This current week has been very damp and greay so it's good to remember that we have had some nice weather during the holidays here.<br />
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Last week we also celebrated another birthday. A chocolate cake with smarties was requested by N, as usual. I went a little crazy with the smarties this year. It was good though. <br />
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We've even done some crafting. A was given a needle felting set for her birthday by one of her friends. She asked for help so that prompted me to get my own needle felting goodies out, last seen about two and a half years ago I think! She made a little mouse and a lavender pillow (which I've still to take a picture of) while I finished off two lavender pillows, one in my favourite blackkbird design and one in a new flower design. It was good fun, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed needle felting and it was nice to have company too.<br />
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As I mentioned in my last post, we went to see "Song of the Sea". I found this such a good film. It was so beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in the wonderfully atmospheric images and music. We also enjoyed the story - N was on the edge of his seat throughout the film as he was so engrossed. Anyway, to see it necessitated a trip to Glasgow. After the film we venture out to the west end to visit the Botanic Gardens...<br />
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I didn't think I'd taken many photos, I wish I'd taken more now! N was grumbling about having sore feet and was a bit fed up so it wasn't a completely happy trip.<br />
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These are duck eggs. They're so pretty, they had a translucent swirl to them, hard to see on the photograph.<br />
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I've been doing a lot of clearing out recently. In one kitchen cupboard I found the ice lolly moulds, so we used them! I feel like I've been clearing and tidying for days now. I've got rid of quite a lot of stuff but there's still more to go. We don't have much cupboard space so I do need to be more ruthless, we've been living in an ever-increasing guddle these last two years, not good!<br />
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Chocolate banana loaf, great for using up over-ripe bananas. One for eating and one for the freezer.<br />
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A lavender pillow photo shoot now follows...<br />
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And finally, my latest charity shop find - a lovely Prinknash jug. Perfect for holding hydrangeas from the garden...<br />
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I enjoyed sorting through these photos. It reminds me that we have accomplished some things over the holidays and I've not spent the whole time clearing and cleaning.<br />
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Preparing this post has taken me ages though, I can see why so many people have switched to Instagram over blogging...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feedjit.com/ir1/260d82a7aa708e3e/"><img src="http://feedjit.com/b/260d82a7aa708e3e.png" alt="" ISMAP /></a></div>andamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338225798888415276noreply@blogger.com11