A Matching Set

Last year – or maybe the year before – I made a hat, and then a scarf to match. They might actually have been in consecutive years – I can’t remember! This year I spent most of December and January making hand-warmers and fingerless gloves, either as presents or for friends who wanted them. Having…

Use my National Trust card again

A friend and I had both been to Stonehenge when we were much younger and could actually go up to the stones. We have also seen it many times as we have driven passed, but we had never been to the visitor centre – which is relatively new. We decided it would make a good…

Feed a cat

A friend asked me to feed her cat while she was away over Christmas. I couldn’t think of an excuse not to(!!) as I did it last year – when she had 2 cats. One had been to the vets the day before and I was not to put out any biscuits. The cats tried…

Have a couple of days out

As I have recently become a member of the National Trust, a friend is organising me to use my membership. I had been wanting to go to Stourhead and understood that it was good for autumn colours. We had to choose one of my friend’s days off – the Monday of half-term. After parking we…

Go to a wedding in Ely

Having received an invitation to my niece’s wedding, I accepted and decided that having never been to Ely before, I would spend 2 nights there so I could look round the city a bit. I chose to stay at the hotel where the wedding was being held as that would enable me to slip away…

Last Time at Lulworth?

This was (probably) my last trip to Lulworth Cove as hf is selling/has sold their house there and it is closing in October. I was there for 4 nights – self-guided walking. I didn’t arrive until 5pm on the Monday, so had the scone with jam and cream and 2 cups of tea but didn’t…

Exmoor – “Walking and Sightseeing” V

The last day – guess what – there was a problem with my packed lunch! The bag holding it collapsed and there were no blueberry bars so they replaced it with a peanut bar (which I wouldn’t accept – I hate peanuts). The manager was there for once and he got a new bag but…

Exmoor – “Walking and Sightseeing” IV

No problems with the lunch on Wednesday, when we got the minibus to Dunster. Our walk started by going through the deer park and along a river past the Gallox Bridge in the castle grounds. As we moved further away from the car park we had views of the castle from the back. After climbing…

Exmoor – “Walking and Sightseeing” III

The next day, Monday, was a free day as some people were leaving and others arriving. After breakfast I started writing some postcards and then had a break to follow the “Holnicote Estate Walk”, which was in fact a walk through the grounds of the house. This started at the house and led past Gun…

Exmoor – “Walking and Sightseeing” II

The next day my packed lunch was again missing – but Ellie sorted it out again! All the groups took a coach to a place called Barna Barrow quite high up on the moor. It started quite misty and damp but cleared up quite soon. At one point we had a view across to Lynmouth…