Tour de Fleece day eight , some spinning but not a lot

 Another warm day but we went out for a drive and ended up at Papplewick Pumping station, a favourite place to while away a couple of hours.

The cloud making machine was working

The brass was gleaming

and there were a lot of steampunks about :-)

 and this is definitely not a Lambretta however at £40 it will be a bargain for someone.

As for the spinning its still Ryeland on the wheel but this is the total so far.

Our Easter Tradition

 Over the years we have slowly developed a tradition of going to Papplewick Pumping Station to renew our membership and pick up our new cards. Generally there are other attractions on during the day and Sunday was no exception.

This year the Civil War re-enactment society were present demonstrating dress, life and warfare of the times, There were also falconry displays and the chance to hold ( at arms length) an owl.

Assorted submarines were chasing round the fishpond, hiding from the crocodile.

I spotted some patient wives or friends sat in the shade behind the tables of submarines, enjoying their knitting.

Engines were steaming, pumps were pumping.

But in the engineers work shop it was quiet, whilst the sun streamed through the windows.

Does anyone else see a stranded knitting pattern waiting to be charted in this ?

Its that time of year again

 Krampus Day !!!

At Papplewick Pumping Station yesterday

Boats, bikes and steam

 August bank holiday saw us back at Papplewick Pumping Station for their classic bike weekend. We jumped in the car on the Sunday and popped down for a breakfast cob and a look round the bikes on show. Many of the bikes were also on show last year but there one or two that I quite fancied.

The boats were out and about on the cooling pond.

as were the geese.

Since most of the people were outside, we took the opportunity to head in and again admire the Victorian workmanship.

We have been supporters of this museum for many years, as you may have noticed that we visit 2 or 3 times a year.

speak soon xx

Days 15 & 16 and a dragon

 Busy weekend so not a lot of spinning, watched a festival parade in one of our inner city areas.

We also attended a steam punk weekend at Papplewick Pumping station, we didn't dress up but most other people did.

The fleet was in on the fish pond !

the fire was out in the boiler

and plenty of chances to shop.

Back to the spinning, over the weekend I managed to spin another bobbin of the wensleydale x zwartble and ply them ready for washing.

Today (day 17 Monday) should be a rest day so with the sun shinning I'm going to head downstairs and wash the yarn and maybe some fleece.

It's been a while, November round up.

 I'm sorry that I've been missing for a few weeks, we've been busy and somehow I never got round to updating the blog.

So, where have I been ? mainly out and about with my camera.

We have an arboretum in Nottingham and I spent a couple of hours with the local U3A photography group capturing the autumn colours and well fed wildlife.

W visited Papplewick Pumping station and were entertained by a Japanese drum group....

whilst we hunted down krampus.......

before finally catching them in the cafe. ( had a great conversation with them )

The next trip out was to Chesterfield where we got battered by a storm, we did however pop into the church with the twisted spire and a spinning wheel in the stained glass.

The rather large motorhome parked next to use did a very good job acting as a windbreak at Poolsbrook campsite near Chesterfield.

It was a little bit breezy !

I took a trip to the Knitting and Stitching show with some friends, forgot about photos until we stopped for coffee, Beautiful building :-)

Some crafting has been done, I'll show you in the next one as now I have to pack again just in case we get the urge to move on haha.

Speak soon xx