Friday, 29 January 2016

Not a bad day today! Fraser went for a run and I did a bit more knitting and made a chickpea moussaka!

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Rained all day today! We went to the George and Dragon in Dent this evening with Kate and Dennis for a meal to celebrate Burns' night. Fraser and I had veggie haggis - hmmm! not quite what we were expecting! A nice evening!

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Met Anne and Cheryl in Kendal this afternoon. Started my new socks.

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Rain, rain, rain!! Finished my first pair of socks for 2016!

Monday, 25 January 2016

Went to knitting in Dent today. All our snow has gone - now we've got rain - the tail-end of storm Jonas.

Sunday, 24 January 2016

I've finished my six inch square for Embroiderers' Guild on the theme of 'Water'.

Saturday, 23 January 2016

We went for a walk today - up to the viaduct and Newby Head and then across and down Arten Gill. The 'Flying Scotsman' was supposed to be coming through today but it was cancelled at the last minute and they sent another steam train through.

Friday, 22 January 2016

Finally got around to washing this sari silk - just need to decide what to do with it now!

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

A lovely cold and sunny day today - still some snow around. We drove to Morecambe and walked along the sea-front - it was quite busy!

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

I've been to Farfield Mill today - just Heather, Angela and me. We had a look at the quilt exhibition that is on at the moment on the theme of 'Reflection' - it's very good.

Monday, 18 January 2016

The start of my 6" 'water' square for the Embroiderers' Guild.

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Fraser and I went for a little stroll - had a chat with Reg, then with Kevin and Susan. Not too much snow left now but it was cold!

Saturday, 16 January 2016

There wasn't too much snow around when I left home this morning. Went to meet up with Anne and then we went to Embroiderers' Guild where we met up with Heather. We had a lovely afternoon. Just started to snow before we were due to leave.

Friday, 15 January 2016

We have a little bit of snow but some sunshine too.

Thursday, 14 January 2016

This is a photo of the road going into Sedbergh early this morning. We've spent the whole day unpacking the van - neither of our cars would start - both had flat batteries so Fraser has had to sort that out as well as do everything else.

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

We had an early start again - started off on little 'D' roads and almost got caught up in a two van accident which had just happened in front of us. It was very cold this morning and frosty so they must have skidded on a bend. We arrived in Ouistreham at about 3 pm to catch the ferry at 4.30 pm. Had a good crossing - we slept in our cabin for most of the time. Arrived at Portsmouth at 9.15 pm and Fraser drove all the way home in rain without stopping (except for a quick coffee). As we reached Kendal, the snow had started!! Got home at just after 3 am. Took this photo at Montresor before we left this morning.

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Up at 7 am again and we drove up through Tarn and Garonne. The weather was different today - wet and windy and then sunny with rainbows. But we arrived in Montresor in sunshine. Parked up at the aire and went for a walk around the little town which was really pretty. It had a big castle in the centre and we walked down to the river which was quite flooded.

Monday, 11 January 2016

We got up at 7.00 am and got on our way. It was still windy but lovely bright and sunny and dry. We drove towards Figueres and then headed for Perpignan. There was no snow on the mountain tops - unlike a couple of days before. We drove through the Herault region and eventually arrived at Gaillac - and it rained all evening and all night but the aire we stopped at was fine.

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Our last day here today and the weather has been gorgeous - 21 degrees! But it has been windy! We walked to the beach nearest to our campsite and then all along the front as far as we could go. Sat in the sunshine (and wind!) and had our lunch and then walked back. We're starting to pack up now as we're starting to head home tomorrow.

Saturday, 9 January 2016

Had quite a relaxing day today. Had a late breakfast and then spent time planning exactly which route we would take home. Then went for a bike ride - headed to a beach again - to Gola this time. It was lovely - no-one around.

Friday, 8 January 2016

Lovely sunshine again today! We cycled into Torrella and had a good walk around - it's a lovely little town! I bought some wool and some bits of fabric and Fraser bought a walking book for the Costa Brava in English. We cycled to the beach then. Unfortunately, on the way, I had another puncture!!! So, Fraser had to fix that, then we carried on to the beach and sat in warm sunshine and had lunch.

Thursday, 7 January 2016

We drove to Figueres today - it's about 45 minutes from here and a really good journey. It was a lovely dry and sunny day, and not cold, so we parked up and walked through a park and found the Dali Museum. We spent a couple of hours in there - so much to see! There was also an extra exhibition of his jewellery - everything was amazing! Then we went and had a very nice lunch!

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

We decided to go walking today - we woke up to sunshine! We headed up behind the town and did a bit of the GR92 and ended up at a little cove called Cala Ferriol. It was lovely and quiet and peaceful and Fraser decided to go skinny-dipping!!! He took all his clothes off and went into the water but decided it was a bit too cold. Just as he got out and got dressed, another couple turned up, then some more people - and then even more people!!! We sat and had lunch then headed back up again and back to the campsite - feeling tired!

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Woke up to rain, again! We'd already decided we'd drive into Girona. When we arrived there, we met an English couple who told us there was a procession this evening to celebrate the Three Kings, so we thought we'd stay and watch it. We strolled around the old town - the Jewish Quarter and around the Cathedral and had a lovely pizza for lunch and then it started raining! We saw a bit of the parade but the rain was so heavy, we decided to head back to L'Estartit. Girona is a lovely town and we enjoyed walking around and seeing the sights.

Monday, 4 January 2016

We woke up to rain! But, decided to go for a stroll anyway. We walked down to the seafront and along to the marina - it was very nice! And, it stopped raining! We strolled back and the rain started in earnest and it rained for the rest of the day and evening.

Sunday, 3 January 2016

We left Peniscola at 10.00 this morning and arrived at L'Estartit at 4.30 in the afternoon - a lovely drive through really different scenery - long, wide rivers and snow-capped mountains! We stopped at Manresa to do some shopping and I took this photograph.

Saturday, 2 January 2016

We cycled as far as we could again today and then walked along to the tower. Sat and had lunch and read our books in gorgeous sunshine again! We're leaving here tomorrow so have to start packing up.

Friday, 1 January 2016

We walked along the beach up to the castle to see the fireworks at midnight - they were giving away free fizz and grapes!! We went back today during to day to see the market which was on at the castle.