LM was away at Le Mans and returned 14 June ~ happy to be home but more tired than expected, he could barely keep his eyes open.
I walked to Tuesday Stitching Group that week ~ our host lives not too far from me so I decided to walk to boost my exercise for the week. It was a hard walk as it was all uphill! I did feel better for having done it though. We were a small group that night and our host, who always treats us to lovely homemade goodies had made strawberry pavlova ~ it was wonderful. There was also a show and tell as she had finished her quilt ~ had I known I would have taken the camera to get a picture as it is absolutely fabulous.
LM had planned that we would go out for the day on Wednesday, so we set off to Richmond in North Yorkshire. I was driver for the day ~ well LM had just driven back from France, and I really enjoy driving which some people find strange. We had a lovely time ambling around chatting & looking in gift and antique shops.
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We found the perfect baby gift that had been eluding us in Dot's Place on Castle Hill ~ a gorgeous shop that's well worth a visit. LM found this in a n antique shop ~ a 100ft metal retractable tape measure bound in leather which looks barely used. We got Fathers' Day gifts while we were there too. We lunched at The Crossview Tearoom ~ fish & chips for LM and Bacon, mushroom & stilton baguette for me. If you're going to Richmond I can recommend this place ~ the staff were really friendly and the food is all freshly cooked and was gorgeous.
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One of our favourite places in Richmond is York House Antiques, sorry I couldn't find a link for this ~ it's an Aladdin's Cave of a place arranged over several floors and you could spend hours looking around. They have a mix of old and new, weird and wonderful. I'm fascinated every time I go. I got this flat iron.
I didn't fancy a run up the motorway so we detoured a little (especially as I missed a turn!) along the A66 via Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Tow Law & Lanchester ~ it was a lovely drive, much nicer than joining the stream of vehicles up the A1. If only we could spend every day just ambling around ~ how nice would that be?
Have a happy Monday.
Kate
I walked to Tuesday Stitching Group that week ~ our host lives not too far from me so I decided to walk to boost my exercise for the week. It was a hard walk as it was all uphill! I did feel better for having done it though. We were a small group that night and our host, who always treats us to lovely homemade goodies had made strawberry pavlova ~ it was wonderful. There was also a show and tell as she had finished her quilt ~ had I known I would have taken the camera to get a picture as it is absolutely fabulous.
LM had planned that we would go out for the day on Wednesday, so we set off to Richmond in North Yorkshire. I was driver for the day ~ well LM had just driven back from France, and I really enjoy driving which some people find strange. We had a lovely time ambling around chatting & looking in gift and antique shops.
I didn't fancy a run up the motorway so we detoured a little (especially as I missed a turn!) along the A66 via Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Tow Law & Lanchester ~ it was a lovely drive, much nicer than joining the stream of vehicles up the A1. If only we could spend every day just ambling around ~ how nice would that be?
Have a happy Monday.
Kate
2 comments:
Sounds like a lovely trip, I love that route through Barnard
Sounds like a lovely day - haven't been to Richmond in ages. We had a similar couple of days last week, in Wensleydale and then a wander round Skipton. I agree, it would be lovely if we could do it every day!
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