Soed Idee Jubileum week twenty

 Week twenty's pattern is the first one that I haven't liked. It was supposed to be cats but to me they just looked like blobs. I have now seen the cutsie cat that they were based on and I can sort of see the resemblance but I chose to do a simple Fair Isle band instead and add on another two locations.

suddenly it seems that this band is getting longer faster and I will have to think about hemming some more material to be able to carry on.

Is this an old sampler ?

 I was flicking through some books in a charity shop in Morecambe and this fell out from between them.

Again its stitched in wool on the same kind of fabric as the last one that I bought in Scotland, Its actually dirtier than in the picture and the colours are a bit faded but very bright on the back.

I know that it was stitched by Lizzie Cragg and some of the spacing is interesting but the Two things that I don't know are her age or the date, I don't think its a reproduction and it looks like a schoolgirl sampler but thats all I can really say about it.

I forgot to mention the price , just £1.00 

 Hi,

I'm just going to point out that the next few posts are not in the order that we visited them as I need to do a bit more research on a couple of things. Whilst planning this latest trip we looked for places that looked interesting but were not typically tourist spots as well as a few favourite well known haunts.

Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast comes just inside the Lake District National Park even though it is on the coast. The main draw of this village is the Railway and the nearby Muncaster Castle which we will return to visit another time. 

We spent time on the railway exploring but also watched the sunset and relaxed a little.

As with many places that we visit, there were Roman remains, this time a bath house although a lot of imagination was needed.

I'll just leave this here

 

Just a fraction of the items washed up at Ravenglass, UK

Soed Idee Jubileum week nineteen

 To be honest, I'm a little surprised that I am keeping up with this SAL :-) but I am actually having a lot of fun with it.

In search of the rock coffins

 I recently had the chance to go to Heysham near Morecombe to look for some medieval coffins that had been carved out of the rocks by an old church, They featured on a Black Sabbath album some years ago so I was keen to see where they were actually located. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Black_Sabbath

The best way for me to get there was to walk along the prom from Morecambe, past the painted house

past the climbing wall

past 'bring me sunshine'

past random facts about Morecambe

admiring the view as I went

until I could see the old town nestled amongst the trees on the promontory.

I was heading for St Peters Church first which was founded in the 7th or 8th century and recorded as an Anglo Saxon church in 1080. The building is partly dating from 1340-1350 although some of the original Anglo Saxon church is incorporated into the structure. various parts were added over the next few centuries.

I was searching for the 10th century Viking hogback stone which is covered with carvings. ( It proved very east to find as it was just inside the door ! )

the lighting was much better from the other side nearer the window

( I hate using flash on photos but sometimes there is no choice)

can you see the little man ?

   If you would like some more detailed info about this stone, there is a very interesting PDF from the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire here.The church itself is very pretty with an assortment of embroidered kneelers using variations on a Celtic knotwork pattern.

I can recommend the Church cafe in the carpark, coffee and cake was very welcome.

Behind the church are the remans of St Patricks chapel dating back to 8th or 9th century where the stone coffins [believed to be from 11 Century can be found.

It is believed that the chapel looked like this with crosses marking the graves.

Today the crosses are long gone.

Mission accomplished !!

I decided that catching the bus was the best option to get back to Morecambe especially as I had to walk back to the campsite from the sea front. Heading back into the town of Heysham I found a couple of interesting bits. I spotted a plaque on a fence which turned out to be a recipe.

                  Please ignore my reflection , I tried to get a pic without my reflection, 

Community garden by the sea front

Spirit of Heysham

and the Heritage Centre,

Soed Idee Jubileum week seventeen and eighteen

 I completely forgot to post week seventeen as we are travelling around so here is both week seventeen with the hearts and eighteen with the alphabet. As usual I have added the places were we have been staying which will give you a clue as to where the next few posts will be about.