No.6 Defender
The last few weeks in October I was out almost daily, it was certainly too much for anyone. But I soldiered on and must say enjoyed myself. Went with the WI to Saltaire Mills in Shipley North Yorkshire. It was a model village complex in its time, with educational and recreational facilities, plus a hospital and homes for the workers at the Woollen Mill built by Titus Salt and run by his family for decades. http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/contact.htm Now it is a complex of apartments, offices, enterprising units, shops and the David Hockey Art Gallery. Quite impressive but I must admit the shops where the main attraction I don’t rate Hockey very much he is too modern. The following Sunday I was in Manchester to join friends in a guided tour of Manchester Art Gallery, my friend Chris is a guide at the gallery and occasionally takes these tours, so we went along to support her. I always find these tours very interesting as they have some brilliant collections, I especially like their large collection of Pre-Raphaelites Paintings as they tell a story. I like this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott
I had a nice long chat to my daughter before she left for a holiday in Bali. Since then the Merapi Volcano in Java has erupted and desiccated a large area followed by a Tsunami triggered by a earthquake soon after. Thankfully I have been assured she was not in that area. Bali is a small island far south of Java well away from the disaster. Its rather a coincidence that the day she returned from a previous holiday in Bali the area where she was staying was bombed by terrorists, many killed and maimed it’s a troubled area in more ways than one. And now in the past few days two Quantas Jumbo Jets have lost an engine on their flight to Sydney Australia from Singapore. Its really scary, I now fly via Dubai with Emirates, but I have been on the Singapore Route many times in the past.. My friends Ann and Derek are on there way today 7th Nov, to New Zealand for the winter via Singapore and Sydney I do hope they will be safe. I was pleased that I was able to spend some time with them before they went, I will miss them, they are good friends,this time last year we where together in New Zealand in Ruby Bay and wonderful holiday.
Last week I went to my cousins funeral she was 85yrs,it was lovely to see all her family together again, she had eight grandchildren and the same number of great grandchildren, I do miss children, mine have all grown up or live too far away. Yesterday Saturday I was up in Harrogate hanging out with my son and grandson. He is 19 yrs now and off to Australia at the end of this month for 12 months, hoping to play football and cricket in the sun. We watched him play football for his team,( they are top of their League) and I was surprise how much I enjoyed the excitement.
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