Whitby

Whitby Harbour Entrance

It seems ages since I last wrote, time passes so fast these days it always seem that I am either waking up or going to sleep. Still being busy suits me, I would hate to be bored. Finished the crochet, its turned into a wonderful warm winter shawl for when I have to sit around reading and suchlike.   I am looking around to start something new because I enjoyed making it so much, I didn’t use a pattern just followed my own head and it has turned out good… . Rediscovered Tom Jones this month he still has a powerful voice and looks ok for 70  he always looks as though he enjoys singing his collaboration with Jools Holland is wonderful..

http://youtu.be/f-CPio5knno     Jools Holland and Tom Jones. Brilliant .
Bought a digital radio in preparation for when we all have to go digital, it is has a much better reception and there are many more stations to listen too,also bought a Kimble e-book.  I have been looking at them for a few months now and this new one gives access to the internet, plays my music and will read to me .. Down loaded The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to read on my holidays.  It has WIFI and 3G so I can download books/internet internationally anytime anywhere. Wow !
I enjoyed my day up in Slaidburn with Betty and Astrid again . Betty is a volunteer warden for the Youth Hostel in Slaidburn and Erby for a few weeks during the summer. Its feels good to relax and catch up, Astrid lives in Conwy, we where at school together and Betty is her childhood friend. I have known Betty from when I was involved with Speakers Club she is a good friend. 

Looking over the Harbour  from Church  Steps

Had a wonderful time in Whitby with Dorothy, the weather was perfect, sunshine and sea breezes . We did everything boat ride, tour bus and trawling up and down the narrow alleyways and steep inclines, including climbing 199 steps up to St Mary’s Church. Whitby is steeped in Dracula Myths, famous for Whitby Jet and of course their fabulous Fish and Chips being a fishing port. We visited Flamborough Head Lighthouse before we took the motorway for home, fantastic coastal scenery....Arrived home to find my garage roof was leaking in two places so I have had to move fast and get someone to it before it costs me a small fortune to repair. Take care, love you .
http://www.manorhouse.clara.net/main/headland.htm Flamborough Head Great Photos

The Anderton Boat Lift Cheshire

At the Top of the Anderton Boat Lift

NarrowBoats waiting to descend to the River

14^th June

Thankfully my lawn is beginning to look better, it is so much greener and the damage is hardly noticeable so I could be winning the battle! Started crocheting again, I have always enjoyed crocheting but haven’t done any for a few years, I soon got back into a rhythm again it was as though I had never stopped. Its so relaxing I forgot how calming it can be to, it helps fill my time when its persistently raining hard and I am house bound again. Dorothy and I have booked a few days away in Whitby, it’s a special place where I always feel at home. It’s a busy little fishing port on the east coast,there is so much to see and it has never changed in all the years I have been going. Went on another day out to the Victorian Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire this past week with the ladies from our WI. Its an incredible reconstruction and is well worth going to see. We took a short cruise on the River Weaver before taking the lift to join the Canal Basin 50 feet above us that leads on to the Trent and Mersey Canal .. Lunch was a the Bridgemere Garden World in Nantwich a huge complex of shopping outlets and garden features. I am a bit jaded with shopping, so I sat in the book shop and perused their bookshelves, until we where ready to go..
http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/

My youngest grandson came on a visit with Andy, I haven’t seen him in ages so it was a special treat to spend some time with him, he is such a darling and growing so fast he is going to be as tall as his daddy.
I was up in Knaresborough for the weekend it was the Annual Bed Race 90 entrants this year. I took a few photos of the Race as we had a brilliant position seated in the main square surrounded by local pubs, amidst a very jolly crowd enjoying the sunshine .... Sunday morning we took the dogs a walk in the rain, different but I enjoyed myself we studied the many different trees that are in the area. It continued to rain heavily all day so I had a very challenging drive home on the M62.

Waiting for the Parade on Naresborough High Street

This little boy was so entertaining

The Bedrace  Main Square

The team has just climbed a steep hill