Back on the road, day one.

 We soon started to travel again , after Bridlington we headed North and across the Border, Not the best weather for driving up. Started off fine but soon started to rain and by the time we were on the motorway the warning signs were flashing weather warnings for wind and then floods,

sorry, shaky photo but you get the idea, It didn't really get much better. Even Callander was looking a bit dreary.

Glencoe was looking misty and moody, certainly not somewhere to get stranded and I felt a little sorry for the workmen. I'm not sure if they are widening the road or stabilising the banks but they had some interesting kit, all wheels and ropes on the rock sides.

By the time we reached Fort William it was heavy rain/sleet so we only ventured out to grab snacks from the local supermarket.

very quick yarn update

 I needed some yarn for an upcoming road trip so I cimbed some washed white face woodlens and some jacob, spun the fibre ready for a hat.

Soed Idee Jubileum week ten

 I finished week 10 at around 11 o'clock last night, just in time as week 11 dropped this morning. We seem to be on squares at the moment so the wording will have to be stitched after the next block completes the row, At least this will give me some time to think about how to space it out.

Just a few more Bridlington pics

 We ended up having five nights on the campsite at Bridlington, lazy days spent walking the cliffs into town, drinking coffee, catching up with the gossip and scouring the charity shops for bargains.

The weather was cold but mainly dry, not too windy but we didn't bother with the kites.

We spotted this sign in the window of Boyes Department store and had to investigate.

Interesting use of audio cassettes, I also spotted some textiles.

All in all it was an interesting window display.

On the subject of shops, during our first visit we spotted a traditional clothing shop on the high street. I remember taking photos as it had just closed down but still held stock and peering through the windows we could see the old wooden display cabinets. I took photos of the frontage but can't find them at the moment.

Nowadays the shop is empty and has been up for sale for some time.

However this time we were lucky and were able to go into the store to have a look round at the fittings that were left.

I would love to have these units in my craft room !

A last walk round before returning home, the last few photos then its time to plan the next getaway.

Soed Idee Jubileum week nine

 I nearly forgot to post week nine progress.

As you can see we were still in Bridlington ( see next post ) and I added the Gansey Lass as Ian was in the boat shed helping to give the boat Gansey Lass a coat of paint.

a not cross stitch post

                        Who enjoys Bridlington in February ? there was no one at the harbour

                                                              Most of the ships were in.

                                          
Although there was a man up a ladder. He is painting a mural on the end of the building so I may have to update you on his progress on our next visit as it has been raining for the last 12 hours or so.

                                    However, I think that the most fun was being had by the birds :-)

                                    

Soed Idee Jubileum week eight

 Week eight gave us more chickens and I've also begun to add the names of the places that we have stayed overnight in during the week. Slow start this year as we didn't travel in January due to illness but we will make up for it over the next few months.

Coleshill, near Birmingham was an overnight stay for a presentation dinner with the Round Britain Rally participants and Bridlington on Thursday was the start of a short break by the sea.

I'm now looking forward to being able to start part nine whilst enjoying coffee by the sea , at least that is the plan.

Soed Idee Jubileum week seven

 I must admit that this was a much quicker stitch and I had it completed over the last weekend between other projects.

and the sun came out

 After days and weeks of dull wet weather we suddenly had a sunny day, cold but so, so good to be out in.

I was up early, jumped on the bus on our road and decided to take advantage of the capped fare that allows use of the bus outside the city limits on a couple of the routes. It ws still below freezing and the car had some interesting ice patterns.

                                       

First stop was Nottingham where I resisted the temptation to grab a coffee.

I love the quality of the light in winter especially early in the morning. However I headed off to the next bus to Burton Joyce so I could have a walk down by the river..

This track proved to be a bit problematical. Although most of the flooding is receding it became obvious very quickly that this was not the way to go.

The main walkway had reopened so I had a happy hour walking followed by a quick visit to the craft fair and a cup of tea.

Since I now had my bus ticket, I jumped on the next one out to Southwell in hunt of a proper sweet shop.

and i found the sweet shop!! we are big fans of Dutch salted liquorice but its not easy to find locally. I may have bought a big mixed bag :-)

and the cost of five bus journeys ? just £8.00, bargain.

Soed Idee Jubileum week six

Week six complete however I feel that it may need a little more adding to it, I'm having a think and a search round both google and my own files and books. Maybe some Blackwork motifs ?

just a rambling post

 Will it ever stop raining ? I'm longing for some sun, blue skies, regardless of the temperature. Today I've stayed in and tried to get some sort of order in the workroom as I was faced with this earlier.

and I needed to make a start on prepping some brown Jacob ready to spin on my next trip.

slight improvement ! I did also empty a couple of containers out from the cupboards.

Back to the Jacob, it was already washed so I just combed it through, beautiful colour that will be very useful in my next bout of colour work knitting.

my current project on the needles is knitting up some early hand spun that I discovered in one of the bottomless pits, I think that it may be merino, I'm not sure who dyed it but I don't think that its one of mine. Correction, Its Polworth, dyed by babylonglegs and spun in 2010. No wonder I couldn't remember the details but here is a link to the blog post.

and the mittens finished 16 years later....