A Catch-up In Pictures ~ Part 5

In the catch-up we are now well into August

August 2012 continued .....

My next trip was to meet up with some wonderful friends at Conisborough Castle near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

at the picnic

as it kept spitting with rain we decided to have our picnic under the ancient beech tree

our group ranged from small children to adults over 60 (and a lot more.... but I dare not post the ages lol).... and we were joined by two of our canine friends. 

it was the weekend of the re-enactment.....

....which was exciting for the kids :-)
while us adults just chatted, ate and chatted some more LOL
we had a lovely day out and I can't wait for the next one when we all meet up again.

Kitty the campervan and I went on a trip out for an afternoon to some local lakes for some peace and quiet (I'll blog about Kitty next time)

I made a cuppa and sat re-reading my Stonewylde book by Kit Berry in readiness for the release of book 5, Shaman of Stonewylde, in October 2012

at about 7pm I headed home but the light was so lovely I stopped in a layby......

..... to photograph the shadows on a field of corn

the photos didn't come out with the same beautiful colours that I'd seen that evening.... but then cameras can't pick up the subtle things without being manipulated can they.

I've had such a busy summer and haven't really told you all that I did.  I'd love to tell you about my wonderful adventures away in Kitty.... but that will have to wait for another time.

well that is it..... all the summer updates for now....
five of them......

as quoted from Stonewylde books "Five, always Five"  LOL

next time I'll be writing about the decorating of my lovely Kitty

til then.... blessings, Willow xXx

A Catch-up In Pictures ~ Part 4

gosh!  I seem to have done a lot this summer :-)

August 2012 continued......

Anyone been to Hutton Le Hole?  it is a lovely village in North Yorkshire that has the best little village folk museum I've seen.  all the museum is outside.... a bit like Beamish... but on a small scale.

here is the village shop and post office

inside the shop reminds me of my childhood

 a fab model village

... and the gorgeous Max



The sun was shining on our coach trip to Whitby in North Yorkshire.... one of my favourite coastal towns

my friend B and I had a great lunch..... this was considered to be a sandwich but was a great meal.  we washed it down with a bottle of chardonay as neither of us was driving

Whitby is a very hilly town and the houses are all terraced up from the sea

I captured the sun in the sea..... can you see the bright white spot on the water?



here is a close-up

~ to be continued ~

my next visit was a picnic at Conisborough Castle, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire but that will be in part 5

with blessings, Willow xXx

A Catch-up In Pictures ~ Part 3

here is part 3 of my catch-up in pictures of my summer of 2012 :-

August 2012 .....

A friend had a BBQ to celebrate the launch of The Black Pearl..... a play boat in the garden for his grandchildren. 

it was a great BBQ and the children and adults had a wonderful time.  some were even dressed as pirates.

amazingly the rain held off for the whole afternoon!

This is just outside my house where the rain ran down the road like a river!

M and I had a day out at Ogden Water in West Yorkshire.  it is a lovely place full of wildlife....

including this bee.....

and a busy little spider



this root system on the banking was amazing!

away from the reservoir was a little path that followed the stream

then walking got a little tougher!

although the larger waterfall wasn't very spectacular due to lack of rain on the hills, this little one made quite a splash :-)

~  to be continued  ~

the next trip was to Hutton Le Hole.... a beautiful little village in North Yorkshire.... but I'll write about that next time :-)

with blessings, Willow xXx



A Catch-up In Pictures ~ Part 2

as promised here is part 2 of my summer 2012 in pictures:-

July 2012 .....

a lovely day out (in the rain) at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park



one of the beautiful rescued lions from Romania



and a gorgeous female tiger.

M and I had a lovely day out in Thornton in West Yorkshire (the birthplace of the Bronte family)

here is a view from the Thornton Viaduct

.... and a view of the village from the viaduct

here is the viaduct itself

we went through a narrow style onto a narrow path between two walls and a cow decided to follow us

this is the signpost in the village of Thornton....

.... and the close-up reveals that Egypt is 2 miles one way and 2281 miles the other way.... and Moscow is 2.5 miles one way and 2506 miles the other way.  very odd, until you know that Egypt and Moscow are tiny hamlets near Thornton.

Another trip out in July was to Scampston Gardens in North Yorkshire

there are beautiful gardens full of flowers but I loved the park itself where the hall is almost hidden

the rock garden near the lake was amazing with some of the huge rocks standing 4 or 5 feet high

the refections of the summer house were lovely on the lake.

Scarborough was the next venue for an outing

it is always lovely to see the pretty little boats.....

.... and a rather large galleon!

a trip to Scarborough wouldn't be complete without a visit to the fudge shop.... yum yum.

~ to be continued ~

with blessings, Willow xXx



A Catch-up in pictures ~ part 1

Gosh!  How can I have not posted since April????

I thought it would be boring if I gave you an essay update as to what I have been doing, so I will give you a brief whistle-stop tour of my summer :-)

May 2012......

I bought a campervan and called her Kitty.....

..... and the next day I took her over 200 miles to Avebury to meet up with loads of Stonewylde friends (Stonewylde is a series of books written by Kit Berry..... see the link on the right-hand side of this page).

Here is Kitty camped up for the week.

Two of our lovely members were handfasted on the Saturday





..... and with permission of the campsite we lit a fire and chatted long into the night. 

Many of us spent a whole week down in Wiltshire.... exploring and soaking up the atmosphere.

June 2012 ......



M and I went off for a holiday in Gloucestershire.....

we stayed on a farm.....

with geese that hated me lol

we walked along the Coxwold Way and had amazing views



nearby was a lovely towpath walk where we saw....



barges and houses and beautiful flowers

a swan and her cygnets that followed us all day along the towpath



a strange bug

a magical garden

poppies after a rain storm



Purton Ship's Graveyard



a couple on a bench enjoying the view on the Coxwold Way





we were blessed with a rainbow over our cottage on our last evening

~ to be continued ~



with blessings Willow xXx