Peter the Poet

Had to post this video I think its so well done. Dead Funny. There are others on the site equally as good, go see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCKUv0KsIA
This one is good too Granny and the Bikers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7TZbpT0JHk

Easter sunshine

Rivington Pike

We have been having a brilliant Easter Weekend the sun has shone and the gardens are filling with colour so quickly.So different to last year when it snowed. I mowed the grass, what a job, it took me ages to get it decent it was so thick and lush. Thankfully I am feeling so much better now my cough has gone. I didn’t realise how low I had gone until I started feeling better.
At the beginning of April we had such a terrible wind it kept me awake I could hear the wheelie bins (big bins)that had been left out for the collection in the morning, being blown over . I popped down and brought mine back inside the garage. I didn’t feel like facing the mess that could have been in the morning. We have three bins, Grey for general household rubbish, Green for garden waste and Beige for paper and card. Some also have a Burgundy bin for tins and plastic bottles. I don’t have space for one of those so I have a box instead. It’s a complete charade as the recycling plants can`t keep up with the amount collected and the paper is being shipped out to far distant lands and dumped. I wish the government would sort it out. I believe in recycling, the concept is excellent but there has to be a better system than we have at present. Drove up to Harrogate on Thursday to see my lads, Stue and Sam ,weather was overcast but warm. We had lunch in the local Pub and then a mooch around the town centre shops. I really enjoyed being with them it felt good. After the bank holiday when all the crowds had gone Betty and I decided to climb Rivington Pike. This is a tradition by many at Easter time. It was a nice bright day but windy so we wrapped up warm and set off through the Chinese Gardens built by Lord Leverhulme around his bungalow, now gone, half way up the hillside. The gardens are being renovated and are much improved. After climbing 480 + steps we lost count, the wind was force 7 at the top and fairly took our breath away. If there had not been a fence at the top of the climb we would have been swept away. Brilliant day loved the climb and managed well, with the aid of walking poles it is so much easier. Forgot my camera so found these online.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jed/chinese%20gardens/chinese_gardens.htm Go take a look