It was pretty gloomy down in the valley today, but I walked up to Heptonstall with Lisa this afternoon and the village and the surrounding hills were actually bathed in broken sunshine. I left Lisa there and walked back down the hill to go to the shops. My leg muscles are a bit stiff now, [...]
I’m retro-posting this a week into the New Year. As you can imagine, I’ve had a lot of things on my mind since my mum died and updating the blog doesn’t seem very important at the moment.
Maisie and Mal are visiting and were supposed to be coming for a walk with Lisa and me today, but Maisie was feeling under the weather and wanted to stay in.
Despite the lovely sunny conditions, I was going to stay in today and get on with my various online projects but a text message from Lisa summoned me to Heptonstall for lunch.
Time to get the warm winter outdoor clothing on and get out in the snow! A winter holiday without having to fly off to some ski resort…
The forecasts were right! I woke up yesterday morning to a very cold house and it had snowed overnight. Some parts of Yorkshire had big snow falls but we only got a light dusting here. There was quite a bit of ice around.
I’d had a very late night and then slept in so I hadn’t had any breakfast when Lisa sent me a message to see if I fancied meeting her at the cafe in Heptonstall. I decided that I’d forget the healthy eating thing for once. I have porridge, dried fruit and banana almost every morning [...]
Question: When is a strenuous bicycle ride not a strenuous bicycle ride? Answer: When everybody except Paul is either busy or decides that they don’t fancy riding in heavy rain for 4 hours in order to get through to the sunny spells that would come later, and Paul himself forgets what day the ride is [...]